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Ectrodactyly, split hand, or cleft hand [1] (from Ancient Greek ἔκτρωμα (ektroma) 'miscarriage' and δάκτυλος (daktylos) 'finger') [2] involves the deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot and is also known as split hand/split foot malformation (SHFM). [3]
Symptoms: Permanent flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joints, although symptoms may vary in person; some people have very tight flexed fingers and other people have flexed fingers that straighten when pressed on [1] Complications: People with severe camptodactyly may have difficulty holding objects: Usual onset
Oligodactyly (from Greek ὀλίγος (olígos) 'few' and δάκτυλος (daktylos) 'finger') is the presence of fewer than five digits (fingers or toes) on a hand or foot.
Calvin Choy, a Hong Konger singer and actor nicknamed "Sir One One" (Sir11) as he has six digits on his right hand. [56] Fourteen members of a Da Silva family in São Paulo, Brazil, have six functional fingers on each hand (the thumb is doubled) and six toes on each foot. [57] Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico, has six toes on each foot. [58]
John Elway has finally gotten his rare hand condition under control. The Denver Broncos general manager, 64, opened up to PEOPLE about his treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture and how once ...
Astereognosis (or tactile agnosia if only one hand is affected) is the inability to identify an object by active touch of the hands without other sensory input, such as visual or sensory information. An individual with astereognosis is unable to identify objects by handling them, despite intact elementary tactile, proprioceptive, and thermal ...
The hand of a person with Greig cephalopolysyndactyly with syndactyly of several digits. Syndactyly can be simple or complex. [citation needed] In simple syndactyly, adjacent fingers or toes are joined by soft tissue. In complex syndactyly, the bones of adjacent digits are fused. The kangaroo exhibits complex syndactyly.
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