title: Clam nail deformity of the little finger.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurimoto
mesh_terms: D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009264:Nails, Malformed; D013524:Surgical Flaps