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Clinodactyly
Introduction
Clinodactyly is a medical term describing a bend or curvature of the fifth fingers (the “little fingers”) toward the adjacent fourth fingers. It is a fairly common isolated anomaly which often goes unnoticed, but also occurs in combination with other abnormalities in many genetic syndromes, such as Russell-Silver syndrome or Down Syndrome.