Brachydactyly: What It Is and What It Means for Your Health - WebMD
网页2023年4月27日 · Brachydactyly is when someone is born with fingers significantly shorter than they should be. Learn more about what causes it, symptoms of brachydactyly, and more.
Brachydactyly - Wikipedia
网页Brachydactyly (from Greek βραχύς (brachus) 'short' and δάκτυλος (daktulos) 'finger') is a medical term denoting the presence of abnormally short digits (fingers or toes) at birth. The shortness is relative to the length of other long bones and other parts of the body.
Brachydactyly Types - Causes & Outlook - Cleveland Clinic
网页2022年8月30日 · Brachydactyly is a genetic condition that causes your fingers and toes to appear shorter in proportion to other parts of your body. Often, this condition doesn’t affect your ability to use your hands or feet and is only a cosmetic difference. No treatment is necessary unless your shortened bones make movement difficult.
Short Fingers- Brachydactyly - Congenital Hand and Arm …
网页2021年12月29日 · Brachydactyly, or short fingers, is a different condition as there are the normal 5 digits with shortening of either the phalanges or metacarpals or both. The different classifications are helpful as there are so many types and the classifications help keep some sort of organization.
Brachydactyly: Types, Diagnosis, Treatment and More - Healthline
网页2017年7月26日 · Brachydactyly is a shortening of the fingers and toes due to unusually short bones. This is an inherited condition, and in most cases does not present any problems for the person...
Symbrachydactyly (Short, Joined Fingers) - Cleveland Clinic
网页Symbrachydactyly is the medical term for a birth defect that causes your baby to be born with short and/or joined digits — fingers and thumbs. It’s a congenital hand difference. Symbrachydactyly is pronounced, “sim-BREAK-EE-DACK-til-EE.” Your healthcare provider will diagnose your baby with symbrachydactyly right after they’re born.
Brachydactyly (Short Fingers or Short Toes) - Johns Hopkins …
网页A short small finger or clubbed thumb are the most common brachydactyly types. Short fingers or short toes may affect appearance, but brachydactyly rarely affects function or movements. Most people with brachydactyly do not need treatment.
Hand Deformities: Congenital Hand and Arm Differences - HSS
网页2023年10月18日 · There are numerous types of upper extremity deficiencies: growth in the arms or hands may be halted, leading to shortened or missing fingers; duplicated, leading to extra fingers (known as polydactyly); or malformed, leading to problems such as conjoined fingers (syndactyly) or abnormally curved fingers (clinodactyly).
Brachydactyly (symbrachydactyly) - Children's Health
网页Brachydactyly (symbrachydactyly) is a congenital (present at birth) condition in which the fingers on one hand do not develop normally while the baby is growing in their mother’s womb.With this condition, fingers can be shorter, missing or webbed. The finger bones, known as phalanges, may also be shorter.
Short Fingers- Treatment Choices - Congenital Hand and Arm …
网页2014年12月12日 · By Charles Goldfarb • December 12, 2014. Symbrachydactyly means short and webbed fingers but the term really includes a wide range of presentations. I have previously posted on symbrachydactyly a number of times and this summarizes the 7 different types of hand appearance.