syndactyly

Also known as chromosome 2q35 duplication syndrome, symphalangism, symphalangy (disorder), webbing of digits, symphalangy, Unilateral syndactyly of digits 2-5, Syndactyly, mitten type, Mitten hand

Syndactyly is a condition wherein two or more digits are fused together. It occurs normally in some metatherian mammals, but is an unusual condition in humans. The term is .

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Medical condition (new).name: Syndactyly
Medical condition (new).image: Celldeath.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: Partial simple syndactyly in the second and third toes

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Research

6,377 papers

Syndactyly.Hand clinics · 1990
[SYNDACTYLY OF THE FINGERS: DIAGNOSIS, EVALUATION AND TREATMENT].Harefuah · 2025
[Syndactyly].Chirurgie de la main · 2008
Graftless Syndactyly Release.Techniques in hand & upper extremity surgery · 2024
Genetic determinants of syndactyly: perspectives on pathogenesis and diagnosis.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2022

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Image: New born boy showing complete complex syndactyly with two fingers right hand.JPG

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ICPC 2 ID: L82
Commons category: Syndactyly
NCI Thesaurus ID: C87125
exact match: www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_93406
ICD-9-CM: 755.1

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Syndactyly is a condition wherein two or more digits are fused together. It occurs normally in some metatherian mammals, but is an unusual condition in humans. The term is .

==Classification== thumb|right|The hand of a person with Greig cephalopolysyndactyly with syndactyly of several digits