Affiliation:
1. Coronation Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand
Abstract
1 . Three cases of triphalangeal thumb are described in three generations of a Bantu family. In the youngest member both thumbs were affected; in his mother and grandfather only one thumb was abnormal. 2. The literature is reviewed and the etiology of the anomaly is discussed. 3. Attention is drawn to the hereditary tendency of this condition.
Publisher
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
Cited by
9 articles.
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