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Syndactyly: Associated Syndromes




    - Acrosyndactyly;
    - Delta Phalanx;
    - Poland's syndrome:
            - hypoplasia of hand and simple syndactyly of fingers on the same
                  side as the absent pectoral muscles (and other chest wall muscles);
    - Apert's Syndrome:
            - when all digits are joined, as is common in spoon hand of Apert's
                  syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly), it is important to release
                  border digits-thumb and small finger-first;
            - remaining 3 joined fingers can be managed by removing middle digit,
                  thus creating a three-fingered hand with a thumb and sufficient
                  skin for closure;
    - Chromosomal Syndromes:
            - trisomy of 13, 18, or 21;
            - deletion of short arm of chromsome 5;
    - Craniofacial Syndromes:
            - Aglossia adactylia
            - Mobius Syndrome
            - Oculomandibulofacial syndrome







Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.