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The absent fifth metacarpal
Journal article

The absent fifth metacarpal

Joseph A Buckwalter, Adrian E Flatt, Donald G Shurr, Randall F Dryer and William F Blair
The Journal of hand surgery (American ed.), Vol.6(4), pp.364-367
07/1981
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-5023(81)80044-5
PMID: 7252111

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Abstract

Although many patterns of metacarpal abnormalities have been described, the congenital anomaly of complete or partial absence of the fifth metacarpal has not been well defined. This article reports on seven patients with longitudinal partial or complete absence of the fifth metacarpal with the ulna and the three phalanges of the little finger present.

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