منابع مشابه
Macrodactyly.
We report the results of the treatment of 23 patients with macrodactyly. Eighteen had a two-stage bulk-reducing (defatting) procedure; phalangectomy was used to shorten the digits. At a mean follow-up of nine years (2 to 12), two patients had been lost to follow-up, and three await a second-stage procedure. Good cosmetic correction was achieved in 12 patients, with satisfactory results in seven...
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Macrodactyly, defined as enlargement of one or several digits of the hands or feet, is a rare malformation. It may be due tumorous enlargement of a single tissue element, as in hemangioma, lymphangioma or enchondroma or it may be caused by overgrowth of all structures of the digit, including phalanges, subcutaneous tissue, nerves, vessels and skin as in ‘true macrodactyly’(Barsky, 1967). Furthe...
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Congenital macrodactyly is a rare congenital malformation characterised by progressive enlargement of all mesenchymal elements of a digit. The present study is an attempt to draw the attention towards the similarities and differences between macrodactyly of the hand and foot. Radiographical, operative findings and histopathological examination of five cases are included in the present study. Em...
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S., a Hindu girl, aged 10 years, of the village Saraiyan, in Ghazipnr district, was admitted into the hospital with abnormal enlargement of the right middle finger. She came to the hospital for its removal, as she had been feeling its weight. It is seven and a half inches in length and seven and a half inches in diameter at its thickest part. The left middle finger is three inches in length and...
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Macrodactyly is a rare family of congenital disorders characterized by the diffuse enlargement of 1 or more digits. Multiple tissue types within the affected digits are involved, but skeletal patterning and gross morphological features are preserved. Not all tissues are equally involved and there is marked heterogeneity with respect to clinical phenotype. The molecular mechanisms responsible fo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medical Image Library
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2474-3682
DOI: 10.23937/2474-3682/1510160