Kirner's deformity. Juvenile spontaneous incurving of the terminal phalanx of the fifth finger.
Juvenile spontaneous incurving of the terminal phalanx of the fifth finger is extremely rare. The etiology is still uncertain; the combination of a primary epiphyseal disorder and tendon traction has been stressed. Peroperative biopsy has, apart from an epiphysiolysis, shown changes in accordance with osteochondritis dissecans.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome