"Pacifier polydactyly": a transitional form between pedunculated polydactyly and rudimentary polydactyly

Kanter, W.R.; Upton, J.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 84(1): 136-139

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0032-1052
PMID: 2734391
Document Number: 333284
"Pacifier polydactyly" is defined in babies with a large edematous postaxial duplication attached by soft-tissue stalks that contain neurovascular elements. These serve in utero as pacifiers. Imminent ischemic necrosis was induced in all three by local trauma. Simple excision is the treatment of choice.

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