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Medical genetics Symbrachydactyly is a congenital abnormality, characterized by limb anomalies consisting of brachydactyly , cutaneous syndactyly and global hypoplasia of the hand or foot. [ 1 ] In many cases, bones will be missing from the fingers and some fingers or toes may be missing altogether.
Brachydactyly (from Greek βραχύς (brachus) 'short' and δάκτυλος (daktulos) 'finger') is a medical term denoting the presence of abnormally short digits (fingers or toes) at birth. The shortness is relative to the length of other long bones and other parts of the body. Brachydactyly is an inherited, dominant trait.
In addition to instances of asomatognosia in which patients deny ownership of a specific part, this condition is also associated with the following: anosognosia (unawareness or denial of illness), anosodiaphoria (indifference to illness), autopagnosia (inability to localize and name body parts), and asymbolia for pain (absence of typical reactions to pain).
Liebenberg syndrome is a rare autosomal genetic disease that involves a deletion mutation upstream of the PITX1 gene, which is one that's responsible for the body's organization, specifically in forming lower limbs. [2] In animal studies, when this deletion was introduced to developing birds, their wing buds were noted to take on limb-like ...
Compartment syndrome is a serious condition [5]. Increased pressure in a body compartment can harm blood flow and tissue function [5] [6] [7]. If not treated quickly, it may cause permanent damage [7]. There are two types: acute and chronic [8]. Acute compartment syndrome can lead to a loss of the affected limb due to tissue death [6] [9].
Dysmelia can be caused by [citation needed]. Inheritance of abnormal genes, e.g. polydactyly, ectrodactyly or brachydactyly, symptoms of deformed limbs then often occur in combination with other symptoms ()
A supernumerary phantom limb is the sensation of having an extra limb or body part despite no such limb actually existing. It is an uncommon syndrome, usually due to some kind of brain injuries in the somatosensory cortex or in some parts of the right hemisphere of the brain, usually due to a stroke in the brain. [13]
Holt–Oram syndrome (also called atrio-digital syndrome, atriodigital dysplasia, cardiac-limb syndrome, heart-hand syndrome type 1, HOS, ventriculo-radial syndrome) is an autosomal dominant disorder that affects bones in the arms and hands (the upper limbs) and often causes heart problems. [1]