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Clinodactyly

Clinodactyly
Photograph of right hand showing clinodactyly
The picture above illustrates a moderately severe case of this condition.
Classification and external resources
Specialty medical genetics
ICD-10 Q74.0
ICD-9-CM 755.59
DiseasesDB 16756
MeSH C537090
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Clinodactyly /ˈklnˌdæktɪli/ (from the Ancient Greek κλίνειν klínein meaning "to bend" and δάκτυλος dáktulos meaning "digit") is a medical term describing the curvature of a digit (a finger or toe) in the plane of the palm, most commonly the fifth finger (the "little finger") towards the adjacent fourth finger (the "ring finger").

It is a fairly common isolated anomaly which often goes unnoticed, but also occurs in combination with other abnormalities in many genetic syndromes.

Clinodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that has variable expressiveness and incomplete penetrance.

Clinodactyly can be passed through inheritance and presents as either an isolated anomaly or a component manifestation of a genetic syndrome. Many syndromes are associated with clinodactyly, including Down Syndrome, Turner syndrome, Aarskog syndrome, Carpenter syndrome, Seckel syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome, orofaciodigital syndrome 1, 13q deletion syndrome and Silver–Russell syndrome.


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