Study of Hand Anomaly and Bone Age in Down Syndrome with Korean.
- Author:
Shin PARK
;
Won Yong YANG
;
Kyung Nam RYU
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Diagnosis;
Down Syndrome*;
Fingers;
Hand*;
Humans;
Incidence
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
1999;26(3):460-465
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the bone age and hand anomaly in Down syndrome patients. We reviewed radiographs in 52 children and youths with Down syndrome, aged from 2 to 23 years. The characteristic findings of hand anomaly were observed in the middle phalanx of the fifth finger, with the following incidence; brachymesophalangia (44%), clinodactyly (48%), and dysmesophalangia (15%). Pseudoepiphysis (21%) was found typically at the distal end of the first metacarpal bone and proximal end of the second metacarpal bone. Up to 8.5 years of age, bone maturation was retarded and thereafter bone age accelarated in advance of chronologic age. These findings may provide valuable information relative to the diagnosis and treatment of hand anomaly in Down syndrome.
