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Bilateral congenital synostosis of fourth and fifth metacarpals

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A case report of an incidental finding of bilateral fourth and fifth metacarpal fusions with fifth metacarpal hypoplasia in a 36 year old male. No evidence of any other skeletal abnormality. No evidence of endocrine pathology. An X –linked recessive inheritance is postulated.

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    S. Kakish, H. Jamil & A. Siddique

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Kakish, S., Jamil, H. & Siddique, A. Bilateral congenital synostosis of fourth and fifth metacarpals. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 21, 351–352 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-010-0714-5

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