Congenital extension contracture of metacarpophalangeal joints

Abstract

We report a case of congenital extension contracture of the fifth metacarpophalangeal joints in a 15-year-old boy who had no associated anomalies and was successfully treated by surgery. Congenital extension contracture of bilateral metacarpophalangeal joints has not been reported previously, and the entity can be considered to be a new subgroup of distal arthrogryposis with congenital distal limb contracture.

Dynamic External Fixator as Treatment for Congenital Little Finger Contracture

“…Our case was diagnosed as the congenital finger contracture because the bilateral contracture was noted in infancy and radiographs showed the bilateral flattened metacarpal heads. 12 Compared with other congenital finger contractures (i.e., symphalangism and camptodactyly), MP joint extension contracture of the little finger in birth has been reported only rarely. Hence, there still remains unclear whether congenital contracture in this document is a hereditary disease.…”