title: Description of congenital hand anomalies: a personal view.
abstract: A series of four congenital hand cases exhibiting central clefting are presented. The cases are morphologically similar and exhibit characteristics of both symbrachydactyly and central longitudinal deficiency. The cases demonstrate difficulties in classification by either the IFSSH classification system or the JSSH modification of it. An alternative descriptive approach to classification is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. mtonkin@surgery.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tonkin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography