Medicine:Tibial hemimelia-polysyndactyly-triphalangeal thumb syndrome

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Tibial hemimelia-polysyndactyly-triphalangeal thumb syndrome
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SpecialtyMedical genetics
SymptomsMinor physical anomalies
ComplicationsGrip, walking
Usual onsetPre-natal
DurationLife-long
CausesAutosomal dominant genetic mutation
Diagnostic methodPhysical examination, radiography
Preventionnone
PrognosisGood
FrequencyRare, around 20 families worldwide are known to have the disorder to medical literature.

Tibial hemimelia-polysyndactyly-triphalangeal thumb syndrome is a rare genetic limb malformation syndrome which is characterized by thumb triphalangy, polysyndactyly of the hand and foot, and hypoplasia/aplasia of the tibia bone. Additional features include short stature, radio-ulnar synostosis, ectrodactyly and abnormalities of the carpals and metatarsals.[1][2] Only 19 affected families worldwide have been recorded in medical literature.[3] It is associated with a heterozygous base pair substitution of A to G in position 404–406, located on intron 5 in the LMBR1 gene.[4]

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