PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF ISOLATED SPLIT HAND/FOOT MALFORMATION


Turkyilmaz G., Avci S., Erturk E., Sarac Sivrikoz T., Altunoglu U., Kalelioglu I., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.81, sa.1, ss.37-41, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

Özet

Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM) also known ectrodactyly is a rare orthopaedic malformation which is characterised by the deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot. The associated anomalies are median cleft, syndactyly or aplasia/hypoplasia of the phalanges, metacarpals and metatarsals of hands or feet. It can be isolated or accompany a syndrome. In our case, we introduced prental diagnosis of isolated form of ectrodactyly in both extremities. After genetic counselling we terminated the. In this report, we aimed to explain the importance of multidiciplinary approach to extremity anomalies.