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Classification

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Symbrachydactyly has been classified by Yamauchi (1) into seven types:

  1. triphalangia; hands have normal number of bones but some phalanges may be short
  2. diphalangia; one phalanx is absent in at least one digit. Middle finger most affected
  3. monophalangia type; a hand in which one or more fingers has only one phalanx
  4. aphalangia type; one or more digits has all three phalanges missing
  5. ametacarpia; hand in which at least one digit has all three phalanges and one metacarpal missing
  6. acarpia; hand in which there is absence of all digits and partial or complete absence of carpal bones
  7. forearm amputation; absence of distal portion of forearm with hypoplastic digits - 'nubbins' - on the stump

Ref: (1) Yamauchi Y. In Buck-Gramcko D (ed): Congenital Malformations of the Hand and Forearm. London, Churchill-Livingstone, 1998. P. 149-157.

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