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Camptodactyly Wheeless
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Description: - camptodactyly involves a PIP flexion deformity which usually involves the little finger;
- deformity is likely due to imbalance caused by extensor hood insufficiency, a tight FDS, and/or abnormal intrinsic insertion volarward;
- cases which involve contracture of the FDS, may show a dynamic deformity which decreases as the wrist is flexed (w/ time, chronic adaptive changes occur and static contracture occurs)
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Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Added: Fri Aug 07 2009