cleft hand

cleft hand
a congenital anomaly of the hand in which the division between the fingers extends into the metacarpus; often there are just two large digits, one on either side of the cleft. Called also lobster-claw h. or deformity, split h., split-hand deformity, and main fourchйe. See also EEC syndrome, under syndrome.

Cleft hands.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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