T. Wuthe, T. Ullmann (Halle)  

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13 Months  

Female  

Leg-Bones  

congenital  

13 month-old girl with 6 toes on the right foot. The right foot is 9 mm wider than the left.  

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In the X-ray, one observes a hypoplastic 5th metatarsal bone in a unnoticeable 6th toe. The 5th toe is normally developed.




 

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Polydactyly of the feet is by comparison frequent (30:100,000 in caucasian population), the axial type is deemed rare.  

Extirpation of the hypoplastic 5th toe in the 13th month of life. The girl was able to walk without problems at the 6th postoperative week. The feet show the same width.  

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1. Medline:
Blauth W, Olason AT
Classification of polydactyly of the hands and feet
Arch Orthop Traum Surg 107: 334-44 (1988)

2. Medline:
Woolf CM, Woolf RM
A genetic study of polydactyly in Utah
Am J Hum Genet 22: 75-88 (1970)

3. Medline:
Buck-Gramcko D, Behrens P
Klassifikation der Polydaktylie für Hand und Fuß
Handchir Plast Chir 21: 195-204 (1989)  

Polydactylia, Feet, foot, metatarsal, 6, toes, Hexadactylia, axial, axial Hexadactylia, six fingers, six toes, hypoplastic toe, hypoplastic digit, child, childhood, pediatric radiology  

T Wuthe,T. Hexadactylia (axial). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020324122826