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Case Reports
. 2014:34:171-4.

A case report of bilateral mirror clubfeet and bilateral hand polydactyly

Mai P Nguyen  1 , Ericka A Lawler  1 , Jose A Morcuende  1
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A case report of bilateral mirror clubfeet and bilateral hand polydactyly

Mai P Nguyen et al. Iowa Orthop J. 2014.

Abstract

We report a rare case of a patient with bilateral mirror clubfeet and bilateral hand polydactyly. The patient presented to our orthopaedic clinic with bilateral mirror clubfeet, each with eight toes, and bilateral hands with six fingers and a hypoplastic thumb. The pattern does not fit any described syndrome such as Martin or Laurin-Sandrow syndrome. Treatments by an orthopaedic pediatric surgeon and an orthopaedic pediatric hand surgeon are described. The patient achieved excellent functional and cosmetic outcomes at four year follow-up.

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Figure 1a
Figure 1a. Right hand at presentation
Figure 1b
Figure 1b. Left hand at presentation
Figure 2a
Figure 2a. Right hand with type IIIB thumb hypoplasia
Figure 2b
Figure 2b. Left hand with type IV thumb hypoplasia
Figure 3
Figure 3. Bilateral mirror feet at presentation
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Figure 4. X-ray of bilateral feet at presentation
Figure 5
Figure 5. Appearance of bilateral feet at four year follow-up
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Figure 6. Appearance of bilateral hands last follow-up
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