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Hunan hand syndrome (also known as "chili burn" [1]) is a temporary, but very painful, cutaneous condition that commonly afflicts those who handle, prepare, or cook with fresh or roasted chili peppers. [1] It was first described in an eponymous case report in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1981. [2]
Cleft hand can appear unilateral or bilateral, [6] and can appear isolated or associated with a syndrome. Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM) is characterized by underdeveloped or absent central digital rays, clefts of hands and feet, and variable syndactyly of the remaining digits.
Ho–Kaufman–Mcalister syndrome; Hughes–Stovin syndrome; Hunan hand syndrome; Hunter syndrome; Huntington's disease-like syndrome; HUPRA syndrome; Hurler syndrome; Hurler–Scheie syndrome; Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome; Hydrolethalus syndrome; Hyper IgM syndrome; Hyper-IgD syndrome; Hyper-IgM syndrome type 1; Hyper-IgM syndrome ...
Whistling syndrome (craniocarpotarsal syndrome, distal arthrogryposis type 2, Freeman–Sheldon syndrome, Windmill–Vane–Hand syndrome) Wilson–Turner syndrome; Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (4p- syndrome) X-linked ichthyosis (steroid sulfatase deficiency, X-linked recessive ichthyosis) X-linked recessive chondrodysplasia punctata
[unbalanced opinion?] [citation needed] A 2011 study opined that excision of an extra digit in the neonatal nursery was a safe and simple procedure with a good clinical and cosmetic outcome. [39] As of 2022, for infants with ulnar type B polydactyly the recommended treatment is surgical excision or suture ligation, when no bony structures exist.
Tendon transfer: [5] a technique usually considered for young children, in which tendons of index finger or little finger are used to make an adequate new extensor tendon for the thumb. Other procedures. Arthrodesis: fixing the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb in a more extension position.
Diabetic cheiroarthropathy, also known as diabetic stiff hand syndrome or limited joint mobility syndrome, is a cutaneous condition characterized by waxy, thickened skin and limited joint mobility of the hands and fingers, leading to flexion contractures, a condition associated with diabetes mellitus [1]: 681 and it is observed in roughly 30% of diabetic patients with longstanding disease.
Camptodactyly is a medical condition that causes one or more digits (fingers or toes) to be permanently bent.It involves fixed flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joints.