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Correspondence and communication| Volume 65, ISSUE 3, P409-410, March 2012

Congenital bilateral isolated fifth metacarpal agenesis

Published:September 22, 2011DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2011.08.038
      We present a 22-year-old man who was admitted to our clinic with a complaint of unusual appearance of both of his little fingers. Neither familial history nor previous treatment was noted. There were no other systemic or phenotypic disorders. He did not state any functional complaints but was not satisfied with the unusual appearance of his fifth fingers. (Figure 1)
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      Figure 1Bilateral absence of fifth metacarpal bones.
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