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Camptodactyly
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| Specialty | Medical genetics |
| Symptoms | Permanent flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joints, although symptoms may vary in person; some people have very tight flexed fingers and other people have flexed fingers that straighten when pressed on [1] |
| Complications | People with severe camptodactyly may have difficulty holding objects |
| Usual onset | There are congenital forms, adolescent-onset forms and acquired forms [2] |
| Duration | Life-long |
| Treatment | Splinting, surgery, etc. |
| Frequency | 1% of the world population [3] [4] [5] |
Camptodactyly is a medical condition that causes one or more digits (fingers or toes) to be permanently bent. It involves fixed flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joints.
Camptodactyly can be caused by a genetic disorder. In that case, it is an autosomal dominant trait that is known for its incomplete genetic expressivity. This means that when a person has the genes for it, the condition may appear in both hands, one, or neither. A linkage scan proposed that the chromosomal locus of camptodactyly was 3q11.2-q13.12.[6]
- ^ "Camptodactyly | Boston Children's Hospital". Archived from the original on 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Camptodactyly | Boston Children's Hospital". Archived from the original on 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Camptodactyly - Hand - Orthobullets". Archived from the original on 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Camptodactyly". 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-06-21.
- ^ Ravishanker, R; Bath, AS (July 2004). "Distraction - A Minimally Invasive Technique for Treating Camptodactyly and Clinodactyly". Medical Journal, Armed Forces India. 60 (3): 227–230. doi:10.1016/S0377-1237(04)80051-0. PMC 4923171. PMID 27407638.
- ^ Malik, Sajid; Schott, Jörg; Schiller, Julia; Junge, Anna; Baum, Erika; Koch, Manuela C. (February 2008). "Fifth finger camptodactyly maps to chromosome 3q11.2–q13.12 in a large German kindred". European Journal of Human Genetics. 16 (2): 265–9. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201957. PMID 18000522.
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