Clinodactyly (Subscribe)  

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...

302380 CATEL-MANZKE SYNDROME
Alternative titles;
HYPERPHALANGY-CLINODACTYLY OF INDEX FINGER WITH PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME
PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME WITH HYPERPHALANGY AND CLINODACTYLY
INDEX FINGER ANOMALY WITH PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME PALATODIGITAL SYNDROME, CATEL-MANZKE TYPE
Pierre Robin syndrome with anomaly of both index fingers (accessory ossicle at the base with resulting ulnar deviation). The first case was reported briefly...

Clinodactyly
* may be caused by or feature of -
  * 3M syndrome
  * Aarskog syndrome
  * Andersen cardiodysrhythmic periodic paralysis
  * Banki syndrome
  * Bloom syndrome
  * Bowen-Conradi syndrome
  * Brachyolmia type 3
  * Catel-Manzke syndrome
  * Char syndrome
  * Feingold syndrome
  * Hand-foot-uterus syndrome
  * Krause-van Schooneveld-Kivlin syndrome
  *...

Clinodactyly is a congenital deformity of a digit with a side-to-side bend (radial or ulnar in the fingers). It is most common in the middle phalanx of the hand. Surgical treatment is reserved generally for progressive deformity or occasionally for cosmetic reasons.
Clinodactyly is associated with a number of other conditions...

from Lovell and Winter's pediatric orthopaedics By Wood W. Lovell, Robert B. Winter, Raymond T. Morrissy, Stuart L. Weinstein p 959

Clinodactyly is a medical term describing a bend or curvature of the fifth fingers (the "little fingers") toward the adjacent fourth fingers. It is a fairly common isolated anomaly which often goes unnoticed, but also occurs in combination with other abnormalities in many genetic syndromes, such as Russell-Silver syndrome, Feingold...

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...