title: "Pacifier polydactyly": a transitional form between pedunculated polydactyly and rudimentary polydactyly.
abstract: "Pacifier polydactyly" is defined in babies with a large edematous postaxial duplication attached by soft-tissue stalks that contain neurovascular elements. These serve in utero as pacifiers. Imminent ischemic necrosis was induced in all three by local trauma. Simple excision is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Kanter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Upton
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male