Polydactyly

Case contributed by Daniel J Bell
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Acute trauma, to rule out fracture.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

No acute bony injury.

Small irregular metallic foreign body in soft tissues at radial aspect of right middle finger middle phalanx.

Extra digit with a pseudoarticulation with ulnar aspect of the right little finger metacarpal representing postaxial polydactyly.

Case Discussion

This is an example of postaxial polydactyly, and the majority of cases are idiopathic, as in this particular case.

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