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'''Radial aplasia''' is a [[congenital defect]] which affects the formation of the [[radius bone]] in the arm. The radius is the lateral bone which connects to the wrist via articulation with the carpal bones. A child born with this condition has either a short or absent radius bone in one or both of his or her |
'''Radial aplasia''' is a [[congenital defect]] which affects the formation of the [[radius bone]] in the arm. The radius is the lateral bone which connects to the wrist via articulation with the carpal bones. A child born with this condition has either a short or absent radius bone in one or both of his or her arms. Radial aplasia also results in the thumb being either partly formed or completely absent from the hand. Radial aplasia is connected with the condition [[VACTERL association]]. |
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Radial aplasia is not inherited. The cause for radial aplasia in unknown, but it widely believed to occur within the first ten weeks of gestation.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4m2YDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA356&dq=Radial+aplasia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim7J2RqPHZAhXH-qQKHZv1BkQQ6AEIRzAF#v=onepage&q=Radial%20aplasia&f=false|title=Pediatric Orthopedics: Symptoms, Differential Diagnosis, Supplementary Assessment and Treatment|last=Visser|first=Jan Douwes|date=2017-04-01|publisher=Springer|year=|isbn=9783319401782|location=|pages=356|language=en}}</ref> |
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Radial aplasia is a congenital defect which affects the formation of the radius bone in the arm. The radius is the lateral bone which connects to the wrist via articulation with the carpal bones. A child born with this condition has either a short or absent radius bone in one or both of his or her arms. Radial aplasia also results in the thumb being either partly formed or completely absent from the hand. Radial aplasia is connected with the condition VACTERL association.
Radial aplasia is not inherited. The cause for radial aplasia in unknown, but it widely believed to occur within the first ten weeks of gestation.[1]
References
- ^ Visser, Jan Douwes (2017-04-01). Pediatric Orthopedics: Symptoms, Differential Diagnosis, Supplementary Assessment and Treatment. Springer. p. 356. ISBN 9783319401782.
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