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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Limb Deformities, Congenital > Syndactyly
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Limb Deformities, Congenital > Syndactyly
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Synostosis > Syndactyly
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Synostosis > Syndactyly
... > Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Developmental > Dysostoses > Synostosis > Syndactyly

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Syndactyly  

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Entry terms

  • Syndactylia
  • Syndactylias

Note

  • do not confuse with POLYDACTYLY; coord IM with FINGERS /abnorm (IM) or TOES /abnorm (IM); ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA is also available

Scope note

  • A congenital anomaly of the hand or foot, marked by the webbing between adjacent fingers or toes. Syndactylies are classified as complete or incomplete by the degree of joining. Syndactylies can also be simple or complex. Simple syndactyly indicates joining of only skin or soft tissue; complex syndactyly marks joining of bony elements.

History note

  • 94; was SYNDACTYLIA 1967-93

In other languages

  • syndaktylia

    Finnish

  • määrittämätön syndaktylia
  • symphalangia
  • symphalangia NAS
  • syndactylia
  • syndactylia non specificata
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön symfalangia
  • yhdyssormisuus tai yhdysvarpaisuus
  • Syndaktyli

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013576

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