title: Two isolated cases with symmetrically absent hands and feet.
abstract: We describe two unrelated boys with similar bilateral terminal transverse defects of the upper and lower limbs without other anomalies. Review of the literature did not reveal another report of this distinctive type of malformation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Genetik, Medizinischen Fakultät (Charité), Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Kolb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography