polydactyly…

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polydactyly, an infant's hand, extra digits, supernumerary digits, polydactyly is having more than five fingers per hand, toes per foot, abnormal numbers of digits, an isolated, to say normal, not linked to any disease, finding, polydactyly, occur in families, a dominantly inherited trait, african americans more than other ethnic groups, commonly inherit a 6th finger, a dominant trait, majority of cases, does not indicate any genetic disease, polydactyly, occur in conjunction, genetic diseases, extra digits extremely rudimentary, attached by a small stalk, generally on the little finger side, the hand, fairly well-formed, functional, rudimentary digits, generally removed, simply tying a tight string around the stalk, cause it to fall off in time, larger digits, require surgery to be removed, removal of these rudimentary digits means that careful questioning of parents must be done regarding whether there was polydactyly at birth, not ever know they had it, familial polydactyly, inherited trait, ellis-van creveld syndrome, chondroectodermal dysplasia, carpenter syndrome, trisomy 13, rubinstein-taybi syndrome, smith-lemli-opitz, laurence-moon-biedl syndrome, asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, home care required, surgery, remove an extra digit, inspection, the incision to make sure that appropriate healing is taking place, to change the dressing, condition, discovered at birth, evaluated, newborn hospital stay, medical history, a physical examination performed, medical history, polydactyly in detail, have any other family members been born, extra fingers, toes, a known family history of any, the disorders, associated, polydactyly, abnormalities, physical examination, an infant, polydactyly, have other symptoms, signs, taken together, define a specific syndrome, diagnosis of condition, a family history, medical history, thorough physical evaluation, diagnostic tests, laboratory studies chromosome studies, enzyme assays, x-rays, metabolic studies ordered to confirm, a suspected disorder, want to add a note to personal medical record indicating that polydactyly was present, diagnosis related to it, treatment done.