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An unusual manifestation of asymmetric polydactyly of both feet and symmetrical polydactyly of both hands

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In the routine treatment at the hospital, it was observed that a 31-year-old Asian woman developed foot pain after work, with clinical manifestations including local tenderness, abrasion, and a rare case of polydactyly with bilateral foot asymmetry. In addition, we also found that the patient had two-handed symmetric polydactyly. According to our observations, there seem to be few similar cases reported in the past of a two-handed symmetric polydactyly combined with a feet asymmetry polydactyly in the same person, so this is a relatively rare reported case of polydactyly. This paper aims to present detailed case report and discuss related diseases in a morphological and clinical study.

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(1) Project supported by Hainan Province Clinical Medical Center ([2021] No. 276); (2) Supported by Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen. (No.SZZYSM202108013).

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  1. Shiguo Yuan and Han Yang have contributed equally to this work. Shiguo Yuan is the first author, and Han Yang is the co-first.

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  1. Hainan Province Clinical Medical Center for Orthopaedic of Chinese Medicine, Hainan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Haikou, China

    Shiguo Yuan & Meixiong Chen

  2. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1838, North of Guangzhou Great Road, BaiYun, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China

    Han Yang, Shengke Zhang & Yikai Li

  3. Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

    Chujiang Xu & Ying Hu

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SY and HY: Project development, Data Collection, Manuscript writing; CX and YH: Project development, Data Collection; SZ: Project development, Data Collection; MC: Project development; YL: Review and double check.

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Yuan, S., Yang, H., Xu, C. et al. An unusual manifestation of asymmetric polydactyly of both feet and symmetrical polydactyly of both hands. Surg Radiol Anat 45, 25–28 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-022-03062-y

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