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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems: Case of Polydactylism

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems

Case of Polydactylism

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


Case of polydactylism, in which nine toes existed on one foot.

The specimen exhibited, consists of four supernumerary toes.

This figure represents the foot previous to operation; the drawing was made from a cast.

From Johnson, A.A. Trans. Path. Soc. Lond.

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