Two isolated cases with symmetrically absent hands and feet

Clin Dysmorphol. 1994 Jul;3(3):228-33.

Abstract

We describe two unrelated boys with similar bilateral terminal transverse defects of the upper and lower limbs without other anomalies. Review of the literature did not reveal another report of this distinctive type of malformation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone and Bones / abnormalities
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Foot Deformities, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Foot Deformities, Congenital / pathology*
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Radiography