- See:
-
Congenital Deformities of the Hands:
- Discussion:
- rare anomaly
- absence of digit, w/ cleft hand ("lobster claw" hand);
- phalanges of middle finger, & sometimes corresponding metacarpal, are absent, & cleft in the
plane of the missing digit & metacarpal separates the hand into medial and lateral portions;
- digits on either side of cleft may exhibit various degrees of fusion;
- in many cases, is associated w/
tibial hemimelia;
- Radiographs: 
Lobster-claw deformities of the hands and feet.
Maisels, D. O.:
Br. J.
Plast. Surg. 23:269, 1970.
