Congenital Familial Clinodactyly of Index Finger with Proximal Delta Phalanges and Ulnar Deviation

Hyperphalangism accompanied by brachydactyly of the feet: a case report.

Asymptomatic symmetrical hyperphalangism of the fingers accompanied by foot anomalies is very rare. We present a 21-year-old man with anomalies in both hands and feet. He had short little, index, and middle fingers, long ring fingers, and clinodactyly of the little finger. He also had symmetrical brachydactyly of both feet. There were no other skeletal anomalies and his family members were norm...

Ulnar deviation of the fingers.

Ulnar deviation of the fingers at their metacarpophalangeal joints is perhaps the most characteristic deformity of rheumatoid arthritis. Nineteenth-century clinicians, among others Garrod (1859) and Charcot (1881), were impressed by its occurrence in chronic arthritis, but no views on the development of the deformity were recorded. The current opinion, that it results from gravity, is open to o...

Identification of a novel familial FGF16 mutation in two cases of MF4

Background Metacarpal 4-5 fusion (MF4) is a rare congenital hand malformation characterised primarily by ulnar deviation of the fifth finger, clinodactyly, shortening of the fifth metacarpal and reduced mobility of the fifth finger. A small number of familial cases have been described in the literature, consistent with X-linked recessive inheritance. In May 2013 causative mutations in the FGF16...

Normal ranges of ulnar and radial deviation with reference to ulnar variance.

We aimed to determine the normal ranges of radial and ulnar deviation of the wrist in relation to the ulnar variance. A total of 102 healthy subjects (204 wrists) were included in the study. The ranges of radial and ulnar deviation of the wrists were measured using a universal goniometer. Ulnar variance was assessed manually or radiographically, and recorded as ulna minus, ulna plus or ulna min...

Ulnar deviation is not always rheumatoid.