polydactyly_+blakeN

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More likely to occur in african americans Most common variation in hand and foot growth pattern The pinky finger is most likely to be the finger that is doubled Extra finger is usually smaller then the normal finger Can have a bone, but can also just be made up of skin and tissue Different forms: small extra bump on the side of the hand, a finger which widens to end in two fingertips, an extra finger which dangles by a thin cord from the hand, a hand which looks normal except that it has a thumb and five fingers, and an infinite number of other variations.



