Macrodactyly - a case report

Abstract

A case of macrodctyly of thumb and index fingers in a female aged fourteen years is reported here. This subject was found to have abnormally large thumb and index fingers of her right hand. This case was also associated with suspected spina bifida occulta.Other fingers and toes were normal. This girl was a second child born to a consanguineous couple. The subject did not have any other anomaly .The macrodactyly of index as well as thumb in this case caused difficulty in carrying out day to day activities like writing, lifting heavy objects and also for using the hand to have food .Such cases may have some morphological and associated genetic importance.

Keywords

• dactylomegaly
• macrosomia
• macrodystrophia
• lipomatosa
• digital anomalies
• occult spina bifida
• syndactyly