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"Pacifier polydactyly": a transitional form between pedunculated polydactyly and rudimentary polydactyly
1Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
"Pacifier polydactyly" is defined in babies with a large edematous postaxial duplication attached by soft-tissue stalks that contain neurovascular elements. These serve in utero as pacifiers. Imminent ischemic necrosis was induced in all three by local trauma. Simple excision is the treatment of choice.