clinodactyly
Sign in to saveClinodactyly is a medical term describing the curvature of a digit (a finger or toe) in the plane of the palm, most commonly the fifth finger (the "little finger") towards the adjacent fourth finger (the "ring finger").
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Within Vinony's link graph, clinodactyly is referenced by 165 other articles, and connects out to knee, vertebral column and Crouzon syndrome.
It sits within the topics Congenital disorders of musculoskeletal system and Human genetics.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Photograph of a left hand showing severe clinodactyly on the fifth finger.
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- The picture above illustrates a severe case of this condition.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Epidemiology
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Clinodactyly is a medical term describing the curvature of a digit (a finger or toe) in the plane of the palm, most commonly the fifth finger (the "little finger") towards the adjacent fourth finger (the "ring finger").
It is a fairly common isolated anomaly which often goes unnoticed, but also occurs in combination with other abnormalities in certain genetic syndromes. The term comes .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “clinodactyly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.