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Ulnar dimelia

Ulnar dimelia

Ulnar dimelia or mirror hand syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly of the upper limb characterized by absence of radius, duplication of ulna and symmetric polydactyly (seven or eight fingers and lack of thumb). Less than 100 cases have been reported in the literature till today.

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almost 6 years ago

Do all of the fingers function normally? Can the patient use each and every finger individually? Does the other hand have 5 digits?

over 5 years ago

Even I had the same thought! Tell me if you ever find out!

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almost 6 years ago

The term is polydactyly central

almost 6 years ago

A failure of the sonic hedgehog gene.

over 5 years ago

omg wow

over 5 years ago

No. there are no thumbs and no radius on one side.

over 5 years ago

Is it two hand in one or each hand has no thumb or radius?

almost 5 years ago

Wow. I've seen sketches of what this would look like, but had never seen an actual case until now. That's amazing!

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