Medical Must-See: Toddler’s postaxial polydactyly of the bilateral hand
The extra digits were connected to the hands via soft tissue skin bridges.
Surgery to treat postaxial polydactyly is typically performed at around 12 months, but a lack of bony involvement meant this toddler underwent the procedure aged two-and-a-half years.
In a case report, orthopaedic specialist Dr Nomina Pradhan says the boy of Asian descent presented with his mother to a regional hospital in Gelephu, Bhutan, “complaining of extra growth of fingers on both hands”.
Dr Pradhan noted a postaxial extra digit on both hands, connected via a soft tissue skin bridge.
The boy was otherwise healthy, with no other abnormalities detected and no family history of similar deformities or genetic disorders.
