title: Congenital bilateral absence of the fifth ray and vaginal atresia.
abstract: We have studied an infant with respiratory distress, absent fifth rays of the hands, and hydrometrocolpos. Congenital absence of the fifth ray of the hand is a rare malformation. In some syndromes the ulnar defects are symmetrical; however, as an isolated anomaly the defects are usually asymmetric. This patient's malformations appear to be unique in that the ulnar ray was affected bilaterally, with an associated genital malformation.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000002:abnormalities; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities*