title: "Ring leg deformity" in Bartsocas-Pappas syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We reported an extremely rare foot deformity in Bartsocas-Pappas syndrome. This patient family is from Van that is a city in the east part of Turkey and the family is Turkish origin. In literature review we find only two cases resembling to this deformity.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 20-day-old infant with an extremely rare type lower extremity anomaly. There was a skin band between the syndactylia 2nd and 3rd toes of the right and left feet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This deformity resembles to a ring. We could not find a specific name for this anomaly. Therefore we want to advise a name "ring leg" deformity to describe this deformity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Faculty, Van, Turkey. kalenderalimurat@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ali Murat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kalender
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sebik
authors.forename: M Ata
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gokalp
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D013576:Syndactyly; D013577:Syndrome; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities*