Brachyphalangia

Brachymesophalangia on the little finger in a 3.5 year old boy

Classification according to ICD-10
Q71.8	Other reduction defects of the upper extremity (s) Congenital shortening of the upper extremity (s)
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Under Brachyphalangie is generally understood as the abnormal shortening of a limb from fingers or toes, but also partly a reduction of metacarpal or metatarsal. The term is synonymous with brachydactyly , which has been classified into numerous subtypes

One distinguishes the

• Brachytelephalangia : shortening of the terminal phalanx
• Brachymesophalangia : shortening of the middle phalanx. In the hand, the 5th finger is usually affected, often found in patients with short stature .
• Brachybasophalangia : shortening of the base limb .
• Brachymetacarpy describes the shortening of the metacarpal bones
• Brachymetatarsia describes the shortening of the metatarsal bones

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