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Ectrodactyly

**Ectrodactyly**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-10	Q71.6
ICD-9	755.4
OMIM	225300
DiseasesDB	32141

Ectrodactyly, commonly known as lobster claw syndrome ^[1], sometimes known as Karsch-Neugebauer syndrome, is a rare congenital deformity of the hand where the middle digit is missing, and the hand is cleft where the metacarpal of the finger should be. This split gives the hands the appearance of lobster claws.

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Ectrodactyly may also be known as "lobster claw hand", "split hand deformity", "split hand/foot malformation (SHFM)", "cleft hand", "ectrodactilia of the hand" or "Karsch-Neugebauer syndrome", after J. Karsch^[2] and H. Neugebauer .^[3]

Famous people with ectrodactyly

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Bree Walker^[4] - News anchor for 20 years KCBS news in Los Angeles; actress on HBO drama Carnivàle. She also appears in the fourth season premiere of FX's Nip/Tuck playing a real estate agent counseling parents expecting a child with ectrodactyly. Also appeared, along with her 2 children who also suffer from Ectrodactyly, on an episode of "My Unique Family" on The Learning Channel.
Grady "Lobster Boy" Stiles

References

^ "Medical Mystery: Ectrodactyly", ABC News, 2007-01-27.
^ Karsch, J. Erbliche Augenmissbildung in Verbindung mit Spalthand und -fuss. Z. Augenheilk. 89: 274-279, 1936.
^ Neugebauer H (1962). "Split hand and foot with familial occurrence." (in German). Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete 95: 500-6. PMID 14479171.
^ USATODAY.com - Embracing her 'inner freak'. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79, 754-756)
Limbs	hip: Dislocation of hip/Hip dysplasia feet (Club foot, Flat feet, Pes cavus) head, face, spine and chest: skull, face and jaw (Dolichocephaly, Plagiocephaly) - Scoliosis - chest (Pectus excavatum, Pectus carinatum) Polydactyly/Syndactyly (Webbed toes) reduction deficits (Ectrodactyly, Amelia, Phocomelia) upper limb (Cleidocranial dysostosis, Madelung's deformity, Sprengel's deformity) knee (Genu valgum, Genu varum) Arthrogryposis
Skull and face bones	Craniosynostosis (Scaphocephaly) - Trigonocephaly - Oxycephaly - Crouzon syndrome - Hypertelorism - Macrocephaly - Treacher Collins syndrome - Platybasia
Spine and bony thorax	Klippel-Feil syndrome - Spondylolisthesis - Cervical rib - Bifid rib
Osteochondrodysplasia	growth of tubular bones and spine: Achondrogenesis - Thanatophoric dysplasia - Short rib-polydactyly syndrome - Chondrodysplasia punctata (Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, Conradi-Hünermann syndrome), Achondroplasia (Hypochondroplasia, Osteosclerosis congenita) - Ellis-van Creveld syndrome - Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita Osteogenesis imperfecta - McCune-Albright syndrome - Osteopetrosis - Metaphyseal dysplasia - Hereditary multiple exostoses - Osteopoikilosis - Chondrodystrophy - Osteodystrophy
Other	abdominal wall (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Omphalocele, Gastroschisis, Prune belly syndrome) - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
See also non-congenital conditions (M, 710-739)

Categories: Skeletal disorders | Genetic disorders | Rare diseases

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