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Bent Fingers

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The body is an extraordinary construction which is generally symmetrical, one side to the other. However, it is not exactly symmetrical and there may be entirely normal distinct differences between the two sides. In the hand there are some conditions that can cause 'funny looking' or 'bent' fingers. These are...
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Camptodactyly Wheeless

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- 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...
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Camptodactyly Wikipedia

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Camptodactyly is a medical condition involving fixed flexion deformity of the interphalangeal joints of the little finger. This involves permament flexure of one or more phalanges (fingers).
A number of congenital syndromes may cause camptodactyly: -
* Jacobsen syndrome
* Blau syndrome
* Freeman-Sheldon syndrome
* Cerebrohepatorenal syndrome
* Weaver syndrome
* Christian syndrome 1
* Gordon Syndrome
*...
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Hereditary contractures of the fingers - camptodactyly

Location: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1012911&tool=pmcentrez

Full text of this 1966 article (pages can be downloaded separately or 2MB for full article)
J P Welch and S A Temtamy J Med Genet. 1966 June; 3(2): 104–113.
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PubMed Search for Camptodactyly in orthopaedic journals

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To undertake a current Medline search for Camptodactyly in the English language orthopaedic journals copy the following search string (italics) and paste it into the PubMed search engine, or use the "Create Bibliography" link.
camptodactyly AND (jrid22024 OR jrid2275 OR jrid2208 OR jrid32471 OR jrid3046 OR jrid1981 OR jrid22800 OR jrid22785...
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The trouble with Pinkies Clinodactyly and Camptodactyly

Location: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1255945&tool=pmcentrez

Clinodactyly is described as an angulation at an interphalangeal joint in the radio-ulnar or palmar planes. Burke (8), in a useful paper, stresses that clinodactyly is a physical sign and not a disease. It is caused by various alterations in growth of the phalanx proximal to the angulation. One significant...
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