Clubbed thumb
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Top view of a child with asymmetric brachydactyly type D thumb.
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"Clubbed thumb" is a misnomer for stub(by) thumb, known clinically as brachydactyly type D, or BDD.[1] BDD is a harmless genetic trait characterized by the last bone of one or both thumbs being short and round with an accompanying short and wide nail bed.[2]
Digital clubbing,[3] however, is a "clinical sign associated with a number of diseases."[4]
Because of the supposed high incidence of BDD among European royalty in the past, BDD is claimed by some to be a marker of descent from European nobility.[citation needed]
Other names[edit]
The condition is also sometimes known as potter's thumb.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) Brachydactyly, Type D; BDD. -113200
- ^ Alessandro Castriota-Scanderbeg, Bruno Dallapiccola (2005). Abnormal Skeletal Phenotypes: From Simple Signs to Complex Diagnoses. Springer. p. 962. ISBN 3540679979.
- ^ "National Center for Biotechnology Information". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ^ "Digital Clubbing: A Sign of Underlying Disease" (PDF). Hospital Physician.
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