Arachnodactyly

Classification according to ICD-10
Q87.4	Marfan's Syndrome
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Hand with arachnodactyly

The term arachnodactyly (from the Greek ἀράχνη "spider" and δάκτυλος "finger") means spider fingers. The fingers are unusually long and thin due to the enlarged hand and finger bones . This change can be present at birth or develop in the course of growth. The changes are mostly symmetrical.

This change can occur in isolation without clinical abnormalities as a normal variant , but it can also be associated with various diseases:

Marfan's Syndrome . See Marfan's Syndrome # Features for details .
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Homocystinuria
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly

Individual evidence

^ Klaus Buckup, Lars-Christoph Linke, Matthias Pothmann, Wolfgang Cordier: Kinderorthopädie . 2nd Edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-13-697602-9 , p. 107 .

[1] Klaus Buckup, Lars-Christoph Linke, Matthias Pothmann, Wolfgang Cordier: Kinderorthopädie . 2nd Edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-13-697602-9 , p. 107 .