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Spindle-shaped finger

MedGen UID:: 901938
•Concept ID:: C4230397
•: Finding

Synonym:	Spindle-shaped fingers

HPO:	HP:0031092

Definition

Swelling of the hand at the knuckles, that gives the fingers a spindle shape (i.e., a round stick with tapered end and a broader base). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVSpindle-shaped finger

Phenotypic abnormality
- Abnormality of limbs
  - Abnormality of limb bone
    - Abnormal limb bone morphology
      - Abnormal digit morphology
        Abnormal finger morphology
        Spindle-shaped finger

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