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thumb anomalies

Friday 2 September 2005

Thumb anomalies (hypoplasia, triphalangeal thumb, broad thumb, hitch-hiker deformity) can be isolated, but are more often associated with other hand deformations or syndromes.

Types

- thumb deformations
- thumb malformations

  • thumb hypoplasia
  • broad thumb
  • triphalangeal thumb

- thumb insertion anomalies

  • proximally inserted thumb

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