Clam nail deformity of the little finger.
A case of a 2-month-old infant who had an extremely rare congenital nail deformity of the right little finger was reported. The nail looked like a clam, wrapping three-quarters of the distal phalanx. A neurovascular pedicle island flap was transposed to reconstruct the pulp and lateral nail fold with good results. Early surgery is justifiable to avoid growth disturbance of the fingertip.
Kinoshita
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kojima
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Uchida
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Kurimoto
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D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009264:Nails, Malformed; D013524:Surgical Flaps