Ulnar dimelia without duplicated arterial anatomy.
In this case report a four-year-old girl with ulnar dimelia is described. She had six digits without mirror symmetry in her right hand. The first pre-axial digit was excised and true pollicisation performed for the second pre-axial digit. The arterial anatomy was abnormal but there was not symmetrical development of the arterial tree.
Department of Orthopaedics Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia 57157-81351, Iran. Afshar_ah@yahoo.com
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D000792:Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017689:Polydactyly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011884:Radius / Q000002:abnormalities; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014457:Ulna / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery