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McCarter JH, Zeledon RA, Cole SH, Layon SA, Nguyen JL. Common Pediatric Hand Anomalies. Semin Plast Surg 2023; 37:275-286. [PMID: 38098681 PMCID: PMC10718657 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Upper extremity congenital anomalies in the newborn are second only to congenital heart anomalies. Some of the more commonly encountered upper extremity anomalies are trigger thumb, thumb hypoplasia, polydactyly, syndactyly, and amniotic band syndrome. While some conditions occur in isolation, others are known to commonly occur in association with syndromes. Familiarity with these conditions is important not only to provide adequate evaluation and workup of these patients but also to deliver appropriate surgical intervention and prepare parents with appropriate expectations. In this article, we outline the etiology, classification, surgical management, and outcomes of these five commonly encountered upper extremity congenital anomalies.
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- Jacob H. McCarter
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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Mathematical modeling of chondrogenic pattern formation during limb development: Recent advances in continuous models. Math Biosci 2020; 322:108319. [PMID: 32001201 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2020.108319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The phenomenon of chondrogenic pattern formation in the vertebrate limb is one of the best studied examples of organogenesis. Many different models, mathematical as well as conceptual, have been proposed for it in the last fifty years or so. In this review, we give a brief overview of the fundamental biological background, then describe in detail several models which aim to describe qualitatively and quantitatively the corresponding biological phenomena. We concentrate on several new models that have been proposed in recent years, taking into account recent experimental progress. The major mathematical tools in these approaches are ordinary and partial differential equations. Moreover, we discuss models with non-local flux terms used to account for cell-cell adhesion forces and a structured population model with diffusion. We also include a detailed list of gene products and potential morphogens which have been identified to play a role in the process of limb formation and its growth.
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Symbrachydactyly: Finger nubbins are not always amniotic band disruption sequence. JAAPA 2019; 32:32-37. [PMID: 30913147 DOI: 10.1097/01.jaa.0000553383.75260.0c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Although congenital hand anomalies associated with finger nubbins may be produced by amniotic band disruption sequence (ABDS), symbrachydactyly should be considered in the differential diagnosis. ABDS usually affects more than one limb but symbrachydactyly largely is limited to one upper extremity, and has five distinct clinical presentations: short-fingered, atypical cleft, monodactylous, peromelic, and a forearm proximal transverse deficiency. This article discusses the diagnosis of symbrachydactyly compared with ABDS and outlines plans for managing patients with symbrachydactyly.
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Mehta D, Vergano SAS, Deardorff M, Aggarwal S, Barot A, Johnson DM, Miller NF, Noon SE, Kaur M, Jackson L, Krantz ID. Characterization of limb differences in children with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART C-SEMINARS IN MEDICAL GENETICS 2016; 172:155-62. [PMID: 27120260 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a well-described multisystem developmental disorder characterized by dysmorphic facial features, growth and behavioral deficits, and cardiac, gastrointestinal, and limb anomalies. The limb defects seen in CdLS can be mild, with small feet or hands only, or can be severe, with variable deficiency defects involving primarily the ulnar structures and ranging from mild hypoplasia of the fifth digit to complete absence of the forearm. Interestingly, the upper limbs are typically much more involved than the lower extremities that generally manifest with small feet and 2-3 syndactyly of the toes and shortened fourth metatarsal. The upper limbs often manifest asymmetric involvement. The limb findings in our cohort of 378 individuals with CdLS demonstrate a consistent pattern of laterality and symmetry involvement (with increased severity of right-sided limb in individuals with asymmetric limb defects) and a correlation of more significant limb defects with an increased risk of other structural anomalies, and more severe behavioral outcomes. Additionally, we found that individuals with mutations in NIPBL were most likely to have limb defects compared to mutations in other genes with nonsense, exonic deletion, and frameshift mutations being most prevalent in those with limb defects. Characterization of the limb differences in children with CdLS may provide a tool to assist in genetic counseling and determining prognosis. This paper will review the limb involvement in a large cohort of individuals with CdLS assessing the correlation with molecular etiologies, symmetry, additional structural birth defects, and cognitive outcomes. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Biswas S, Kundu P, Meyur R, Adhikari A, Mondal GC. Congenital upper limb anomaly as a cause of physical handicap. J ANAT SOC INDIA 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jasi.2014.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bianca S, Bartoloni G, Libertini C, Boemi G, Barrano B, Cataliotti A, Barone C, Indaco L, Vallone A, Ettore G. Fetal upper limb amelia with increased nuchal translucency. Congenit Anom (Kyoto) 2009; 49:121-2. [PMID: 20002906 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2009.00238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Congenital limb duplications include pre- and post-axial polydactyly, central polydactyly, and the mirror-hand spectrum. Treatment of these duplications constitutes a significant functional and aesthetic challenge for the reconstructive hand surgeon. This article provides an inclusive review of the embryologic and molecular mechanisms underlying these deformities and focuses on their clinical treatment. The anatomic variation, classification, surgical treatment, and outcomes of surgical intervention are reviewed for each of the disorders of duplication.
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- Andrew J Watt
- Department of Surgery, Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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Tibial aplasia, lower extremity mirror image polydactyly, brachyphalangy, craniofacial dysmorphism and genital hypoplasia: further delineation and mutational analysis. Clin Dysmorphol 2004. [PMID: 15057119 DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200404000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Congenital anomalies involving tibial aplasia are rare. Recently, four children with an unusual combination of limb anomalies, facial dysmorphism and genital hypoplasia have been reported. All affected children reported were male. One case noted father to son transmission, implying autosomal dominant inheritance. We report the first female patient with this syndrome. The patient had tibial aplasia, mirror image preaxial polydactyly involving her feet, brachyphalangy, genital hypoplasia as well as facial dysmorphism including telecanthus, blepharophimosis, a flat nasal bridge with a small nose and a small mouth. Consistent with reports in males of a micropenis and hypoplastic scrotum, our patient had absent labia minora and a very small clitoris. Her father had very minor anomalies suggestive of somatic mosaicism or marked variability. Mouse models affecting limb development are powerful tools in the study of human syndromes. The clinical phenotype of patients with this syndrome is reminiscent of some luxoid mouse mutants suggesting Alx4 and related members of the paired homeodomain class as candidate genes. ALX4 haploinsufficiency in humans causes parietal foramina, which one patient with this syndrome was reported to have. Sequencing of coding exons of ALX4 and its related homologue, ALX3, in the proband failed to reveal coding sequence alterations. Our father/daughter pair is the second family reported, supporting a dominant mode of inheritance. Moreover, the very mild phenotype in the father suggests the need for very careful attention to parental examination in such cases.
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MESH Headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple/embryology
- Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics
- Abnormalities, Multiple/surgery
- Animals
- Bone Diseases, Developmental/embryology
- Bone Diseases, Developmental/genetics
- Bone Diseases, Developmental/surgery
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Ectromelia/embryology
- Ectromelia/genetics
- Ectromelia/surgery
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/embryology
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/surgery
- Humans
- Polydactyly/embryology
- Polydactyly/genetics
- Polydactyly/surgery
- Referral and Consultation
- Syndrome
- Thumb/abnormalities
- Thumb/embryology
- Thumb/surgery
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- Scott H Kozin
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Thompson AA, Woodruff K, Feig SA, Nguyen LT, Schanen NC. Congenital thrombocytopenia and radio-ulnar synostosis: a new familial syndrome. Br J Haematol 2001; 113:866-70. [PMID: 11442476 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.02834.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The association of bone marrow failure and skeletal defects has been frequently noted, however, the genetic basis for most of these syndromes remains unclear. We describe a previously uncharacterized autosomal dominant syndrome of amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia associated with radial-ulnar synostosis. The clinical features of this syndrome appear to be distinct from other similar conditions, including Fanconi's anaemia and thrombocytopenia-absent radii (TAR). The physical findings at diagnosis and clinical management of each case are detailed, as well as a discussion of this disorder in the context of other syndromes in which marrow failure and skeletal defects are prominent features. We also review recent developments in molecular genetics that may provide important clues to the underlying aetiology of this condition.
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- A A Thompson
- Departments of Paediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Zhang W, Amir R, Stockton DW, Van den Veyver IB, Bacino CA, Zoghbi HY. Terminal osseous dysplasia with pigmentary defects maps to human chromosome Xq27.3-xqter. Am J Hum Genet 2000; 66:1461-4. [PMID: 10739772 PMCID: PMC1288215 DOI: 10.1086/302868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/1999] [Accepted: 02/03/2000] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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We have identified a four-generation family with 10 affected females manifesting one or more of the following features: osseous dysplasia involving the metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges leading to brachydactyly, camptodactyly, and other digital deformities; pigmentary defects on the face and scalp; and multiple frenula. There were no affected males. We performed X-inactivation studies on seven affected females, using a methylation assay at the androgen receptor locus; all seven demonstrated preferential inactivation of their maternal chromosomes carrying the mutation, and two unaffected females showed a random pattern. These findings indicate that this disorder is linked to the X chromosome. To map the gene for this disorder, we analyzed DNA from nine affected females and five unaffected individuals, using 40 polymorphic markers evenly distributed throughout the X chromosome. Two-point and multipoint linkage analyses using informative markers excluded most of the X chromosome and demonstrated linkage to a region on the long arm between DXS548 and Xqter. A maximum LOD score of 3.16 at recombination fraction 0 was obtained for five markers mapping to Xq27.3-Xq28. The mapping data should facilitate the identification of the molecular basis of this disorder.
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- Wenzheng Zhang
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
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Bamshad M, Le T, Watkins WS, Dixon ME, Kramer BE, Roeder AD, Carey JC, Root S, Schinzel A, Van Maldergem L, Gardner RJ, Lin RC, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Wallerstein R, Moran E, Sutphen R, Campbell CE, Jorde LB. The spectrum of mutations in TBX3: Genotype/Phenotype relationship in ulnar-mammary syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 1999; 64:1550-62. [PMID: 10330342 PMCID: PMC1377898 DOI: 10.1086/302417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Ulnar-mammary syndrome (UMS) is a pleiotropic disorder affecting limb, apocrine-gland, tooth, hair, and genital development. Mutations that disrupt the DNA-binding domain of the T-box gene, TBX3, have been demonstrated to cause UMS. However, the 3' terminus of the open reading frame (ORF) of TBX3 was not identified, and mutations were detected in only two families with UMS. Furthermore, no substantial homology outside the T-box was found among TBX3 and its orthologues. The subsequent cloning of new TBX3 cDNAs allowed us to complete the characterization of TBX3 and to identify alternatively transcribed TBX3 transcripts, including one that interrupts the T-box. The complete ORF of TBX3 is predicted to encode a 723-residue protein, of which 255 amino acids are encoded by newly identified exons. Comparison of other T-box genes to TBX3 indicates regions of substantial homology outside the DNA-binding domain. Novel mutations have been found in all of eight newly reported families with UMS, including five mutations downstream of the region encoding the T-box. This suggests that a domain(s) outside the T-box is highly conserved and important for the function of TBX3. We found no obvious phenotypic differences between those who have missense mutations and those who have deletions or frameshifts.
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- M Bamshad
- Department of Pediatrics, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, 15 North 2030 East, Room 2100, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5330, USA
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