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TRIPHALANGEAL THUMB IN A BANTU FAMILY



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Abstract

1 . Three cases of triphalangeal thumb are described in three generations of a Bantu family. In the youngest member both thumbs were affected; in his mother and grandfather only one thumb was abnormal.

2. The literature is reviewed and the etiology of the anomaly is discussed.

3. Attention is drawn to the hereditary tendency of this condition.

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