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The extra digit is most common on the ulnar (little finger) side of the hand, less common on the radial side, and very rarely within the middle three digits. These are respectively known as postaxial (little finger), preaxial (thumb), and central (ring, middle, index fingers) polydactyly.
If there are no comorbid or underlying genetic conditions, surgical removal of the extra digit generally results in a high quality of life. Parents of children with polysyndactyly have reported high physical, social, emotional, and school functioning and good psychosocial health after removal of the extra digit. [23]
Surgery may be required at birth to fix imperforate anus and address endocrine abnormalities. Selective removal of extra digits may occur in early childhood. Parents and medical practitioners should monitor for signs of endocrine disruption in sleep, eating, or hormonal issues, such as precocious puberty caused by the hypothalamic hamartoma.
The patient, named only as Ajun, was forced by his superstitious parents to live with nine toes on one foot for 21 years.
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Synpolydactyly is a combination of syndactyly and polydactyly. This image shows the hand morphology of an individual with polydactyly. SPD is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, meaning that an individual only needs to inherit one copy of the affected gene, also known as an allele, from either parent to potentially develop the condition.
Other physical abnormalities associated with Carpenter syndrome include extra digits. Extra toes are more commonly seen than fingers. Often both the toes and fingers are webbed, a process that occurs before the sixth week gestational period. Often their digits will be abnormally short, and the fingers are commonly missing an interphalangeal joint.
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