Symbrachydactyly

  • Etiology: Combination of syndactyly and brachydactyly
  • Imaging Radiograph: May affect some or all phalange resulting in short phalanges that are fused
  • DDX:
  • Complications:
  • Treatment: Surgical
  • Clinical: Usually unilateral with left hand most common

Radiology Cases of Symbrachydactyly

Radiograph of symbrachydactyly
AP (left) and lateral (right) radiographs of the forearm and hand shows an absence of all the bones in the hand. There are nubbins of soft tissue where the phalanges should be. The radius and ulna are bowed.