Brachymesophalangia

The serial records of both mongoloid and normal children show a remarkable stability for each individual in both the site and the degree of clinodactyly and the extent of brachymesophalangia.

Roentgenogram showing malformation in second and third radiants, with brachymesophalangia and brachybasophalangia.

Of all the bones in the upper extremity, the middle segment of the 5th digit is most variable and subject to brachymesophalangia, camptodactyly and clinodactyly.

Drinkwater described an eventually asymmetrical brachyhypophalangia of the index, ring and little fingers. He noted brachymesophalangia of the thumb and middle finger.

X-rays of both right and left hands showing symmetric involvement of the ulnar three digits with brachymetacarpia and brachymesophalangia.

The most common morphologic variant of the middle phalanx is brachymesophalangia, characterized by an abbreviated and occasionally broadened middle phalanx.