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Clubfoot; Other names: Clubfeet, congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) [1] Bilateral clubfeet: Specialty: Orthopedics, podiatry: Symptoms: Foot that is rotated inwards and downwards [2] Usual onset: During early pregnancy [1] Causes: Unknown [1] Risk factors: Genetics, mothers who smoke cigarettes, males, [1] ethnicity: Diagnostic method
Czeizel syndrome, also known as Lethal omphalocele-cleft palate syndrome, is a rare dysmorphic syndrome characterized by a cleft lip, a bifid uvula, bilateral talipes equinovarus, bicornuate uterus, and Hydrocephalus internus.
Polydactyly is present in about 4 to 12 per 10,000 newborns. [1] It is the most common defect of the hands and feet. [2] In the United States, Black people are more commonly affected than white people. [2] The term is from from Greek πολύς (polys) 'many' and δάκτυλος (daktylos) 'finger'. [5]
Potter sequence is the atypical physical appearance of a baby due to oligohydramnios experienced when in the uterus. [1] It includes clubbed feet, pulmonary hypoplasia and cranial anomalies related to the oligohydramnios.
Pes cavus can occur from four primary causes: neurological conditions, trauma, undertreated clubfoot, or idiopathic with other underlining conditions. [9]Bilateral presentation (i.e., in both feet) often occurs due to a hereditary or congenital source, whereas a unilateral presentation (i.e., in one foot) is often the result of trauma.
Inheritance of abnormal genes, e.g. polydactyly, ectrodactyly or brachydactyly, symptoms of deformed limbs then often occur in combination with other symptoms ; external causes during pregnancy (thus not inherited), e.g. via amniotic band syndrome; teratogenic drugs (e.g. thalidomide, which causes phocomelia) or environmental chemicals
Signs and symptoms [ edit ] This syndrome is characterised by typical facial appearance, slight build, thin and translucent skin, severely adducted thumbs, arachnodactyly , club feet , joint instability, facial clefting and bleeding disorders, as well as heart, kidney or intestinal defects.
Often, every joint in a patient with arthrogryposis is affected; in 84% all limbs are involved, in 11% only the legs, and in 4% only the arms are involved. [4] Every joint in the body, when affected, displays typical signs and symptoms: for example, the shoulder (internal rotation); wrist (volar and ulnar); hand (fingers in fixed flexion and thumb in palm); hip (flexed, abducted and externally ...