Classification of the mirror hand-multiple hand spectrum

M M Al-Qattan; A Al-Thunayan; M De Cordier; N Nandagopal; J Pitkanen

doi:10.1016/s0266-7681(98)80140-x

Classification of the mirror hand-multiple hand spectrum

J Hand Surg Br. 1998 Aug;23(4):534-6. doi: 10.1016/s0266-7681(98)80140-x.

Authors

M M Al-Qattan¹, A Al-Thunayan, M De Cordier, N Nandagopal, J Pitkanen

Affiliation

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, King Fahad National Guard Hospital and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 9726562
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-7681(98)80140-x

Abstract

A rare variant of mirror hand is described. The hand had eight fingers and the forearm contained an ulna and a hypoplastic radius. A classification of the mirror hand-multiple hand spectrum is offered and its embryology discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fingers / abnormalities*
Fingers / pathology
Hand Deformities, Congenital / classification*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Polydactyly*
Radius / abnormalities
Radius / pathology
Ulna / abnormalities*