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In this chapter, relatively rare congenital lesions are discussed. Clasped thumb has various clinical presentations, and especially in arthrogryposis, there are several different patterns of hand deformities according to the arthrogryposis subtypes. Other lesions such as trigger thumb, triphalangeal thumb, and symphalangism should be managed under the thorough understanding for the natural history, complications, and prognosis.

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Shin, H.D., Cha, S.M. (2019). Other Developmental Anomalies. In: Woo, S. (eds) The Thumb. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4400-7_5

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