"Pacifier polydactyly": a transitional form between pedunculated polydactyly and rudimentary polydactyly |
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| Authors: | W R Kanter J Upton |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass. |
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| 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. |
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