Deformations

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• camptodactyly
  1 September 2004

  (Gr. Campto-: bent, dactylo-: finger)
  Permanent flexion of one or more fingers.
  Definition: Camptodactyly is a flexion contracture of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the finger(s). Severe camptodactyly of multiple digits is usually associated with karyotypic anomalies (trisomy 18, 13, 15) or contracture syndromes. The deformation is often asymmetrical. The deformity can also be isolated and progressive during infancy or childhood.
  Etiology
  chromosomal anomalies trisomy 18 (...)

• rocker-bottom feet
  9 November 2004

  Rocker-bottom deformation, rocker-bottom feet

• tarsus valgus
  6 September 2005
• femoral bowing
  23 January 2006

  angulated femur, curved femur

• prominent eyes
  9 November 2004

  fetal prominent eyes

• cranial deformations
  2 December 2004

  Types
  turricephaly
  brachycephaly turribrachycephaly clover-leak skull
  dolichocephaly
  See also
  Deformations

• megacystis
  12 October 2004

  fetal bladder distension, fetal bladder dilation, megabladder

• clinodactyly
  13 June 2005

  Definition: Clinodactyly is a fixed abnormal deviation of the finger in the coronal or radioulnar plane. It typically affects the middle phalanx of the fifth finger and produces a radial angulation of the distal interphalangeal joint.
  Etiology
  familial clinodactyly usually isolated being inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity and incomplete penetrance
  otopalatodigital syndrome type 2 (OPD2)
  trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) (60%)
  normal population (18%) (...)

• clavicle bowing
  29 June 2005

  Etiology (Exemples)
  SITCDKP syndrome

• small nose
  2 December 2004

  Exemples
  craniosynostoses Pfeiffer syndrome

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