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fetal hand anomalies

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Classification

- abnormal hand position

- abnormal size

- hand agenesis
- abnormal finger number

- thumb anomalies

- digital constriction bands (amniotic band sequence)

Etiology

- isolated hand anomalies
- associated hand anomalies (syndromal hand anomalies)

Associations

- IUGR (intrauterine growth retardation)
- shortening of long bones
- small thorax (narrow thorax)
- craniostenosis

See also

- hand deformations
- hand malformations