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Lady with 'lobster claw' feet.

Amani Aman1, Louis Darby2, Muhammad Javaid Hameed Rahmani3

  • 1Department of health and Ageing, Conquest Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare Trust, St Leonards on Sea, UK.

BMJ Case Reports
|October 11, 2018
PubMed
Summary

This case study highlights a 94-year-old woman with a rare congenital condition known as split hand/split foot malformation. Despite limb deformities present from birth, she maintained independence and a passion for knitting.

Keywords:
genetic screening / counsellinggeneticsgeriatric medicine

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Case Reports
  • Genetics
  • Congenital Abnormalities

Background:

  • Split hand/split foot malformation (SHFM) is a rare congenital limb malformation affecting central ray development.
  • SHFM can present with varying severity and may be associated with syndromic features, though often it is isolated.