A rare variant of mirror hand: a case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Mirror hand is one of the rarest congenital differences of the upper extremity. Typically, there is absence of the radius, duplication of the ulna, and 7 digits in mirrored symmetry about the middle finger. We report a case of a rarer subset of hand duplication in which there is a normal radius and ulna and a hand with 8 digits. The patient underwent surgery to excise the radial 3 digits and to reconstruct the remaining radial digit to function as an opposable, 2 phalanx thumb. Wrist extension was augmented by transferring the digital extensors from the excised fingers to the radial wrist extensors.

publication date

  • November 1, 1996

Research

keywords

  • Hand Deformities

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0030476919

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/S0363-5023(96)80314-5

PubMed ID

  • 8969430

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 21

issue

  • 6