Similarities between a conjoined nail and the palmar nail syndrome |
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| Authors: | Al-Qattan M M Al-Rabeeah A |
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| Institution: | King Fahad National Guard Hospital and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Abstract: | The congenital palmar nail syndrome consists of a triad of palmar nail, absent finger flexion and abnormalities of the distal phalanx. There are two main theories about the pathogenesis of this syndrome: the ancestral reversion theory and the duplication theory. In this paper, similarities between a conjoined nail in conjoined twins and the palmar nail syndrome are described to support the duplication theory. |
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