Lobster Claw Hand Foot Syndrome: Rare Congenital Orthopedic Disorder

Split hand/foot malformation syndrome (SHFM): rare congenital orthopaedic disorder.

A 17-year-old man, the third child of physically normal parents, was diagnosed with a case of cleft hand (lobster hand) in our outpatient department during a routine visit. He was born with deformed hands and feet in the form of syndactyly of thumb with the index finger in the upper limbs. He had a median cleft of the hands (figures 1–3). There was no facial dysmorphism in the patient. He had a...

Congenital split foot (lobster claw) and triphalangeal thumb.

Lobster-claw hand: a manifestation of EEC syndrome.

The combination of ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and cleft lip with or without cleft palate (EEC syndrome) is a rare type of congenital anomaly. It usually occurs as an autosomal-dominant trait or less commonly in a sporadic form. In this complex, multiple congenital anomaly syndrome, any of the three cardinal manifestations may present with variable expressions.

Ectrodactyly or Lobster Claw Syndrome ,

Split-hand/split-foot malformation is a rare limb malformation with median clefts of the hands and feet and aplasia/hypoplasia of the phalanges, metacarpals and metatarsals. When present as an isolated anomaly, it is usually inherited as an autosomal dominant form We report a case of autosomal dominant inheritance and discuss the antenatal diagnosis, genetic counseling and treatment for the mal...

Lobster claw leg.

His right leg was shorter than the left and ended in a conical stump. The foot had a well developed big toe and rudimentary second toe, and was located halfway up the lateral aspect ofthe leg (Fig. 1). The lateral three toes were absent. He could grasp the examiner’s two fingers firmly with this clawlike malformation and pick up a rubber ball 4 cm in diameter. His hips, femora, knees, left leg ...