RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Distal symphalangism associated with camptodactyly.
JF Journal of Medical Genetics
JO J Med Genet
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 456
OP 458
DO 10.1136/jmg.18.6.456
VO 18
IS 6
A1 Ohdo, S
A1 Yamauchi, Y
A1 Hayakawa, K
YR 1981
UL http://jmg.bmj.com/content/18/6/456.abstract
AB A Japanese family in which four patients in three generations had distal symphalangism associated with camptodactyly is reported. All of these patients had extension limitation of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the toes of both feet. Radiographs of the hands and feet, undertaken in three cases, showed no bone fusion of the distal and proximal interphalangeal joints. This malformation is caused by an autosomal dominant gene. To our knowledge, no previous case of distal symphalangism with extension limitation of the proximal interphalangeal joints has been reported.