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Clam nail deformity of the little finger
Y Kinoshita1, T Kojima, M Uchida
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case of a 2-month-old infant who had an extremely rare congenital nail deformity of the right little finger was reported. The nail looked like a clam, wrapping three-quarters of the distal phalanx. A neurovascular pedicle island flap was transposed to reconstruct the pulp and lateral nail fold with good results. Early surgery is justifiable to avoid growth disturbance of the fingertip.