title: Macrodactyly in blacks.
abstract: Fifteen cases of macrodactyly in blacks are reported. In three cases the fingers were affected and in 12 cases the toes were affected. Macrodactyly, while uncommon in whites, appears to be even less common in blacks. When it does occur in blacks, it involves the toes rather than the fingers, whereas in Caucasians, the fingers are predominantly affected. Most cases of metatarsal hypertrophy that have been reported in the literature so far have occurred in non-Caucasians.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000473:pathology; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities*