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Case Reports
. 2022 Sep 30;17(12):4710-4712.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.09.023. eCollection 2022 Dec.

A case of acheiria

Ali Al-Smair  1 , Abdel Rahman M Jaber  2 , Mohammad H Abu-Suailiek  2 , Taghleb Al-Awad  2 , Ahmad Saadeh  2
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Case Reports

A case of acheiria

Ali Al-Smair et al. Radiol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Congenital limb anomalies are rare. Acheiria is a congenital limb abnormality that presents as an absence of the hand and it is often diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography. Herein we present a case of an 11-year-old female patient with acheiria. This case stresses on further studying the relationship between advanced pregnancy age, drugs or herb use during pregnancy and acheiria.

Keywords: Acheiria; Case reports; Congenital limb deformity.

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Fig. 1
Congenial absence of the left hand with rudimentary fingers.
Fig 2
Fig. 2
Anteroposterior and lateral X-ray of the distal forearm shows complete absence of the left hand's bones with only rudimentary soft tissue of fingers.
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