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Simian crease
Alternate Names : Single palmar crease, Transverse palmar crease, Palmar crease
Definition ...
Simian crease: A single transverse palmar crease, a minor variation associated with Down syndrome (trisomy 21). Also called a four-finger crease, single palmar flexion crease, single upper palm crease, or line.
Simian crease Treatment
Review Date: 05/12/2009
Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Simian crease
Reviewed last on: 5/2/2007
Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Dr. Koop - Simian crease
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simian crease
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ABCD syndrome ... albinism
Abdominal abscess ... fever
Abdominal Aneurysm ... sweating, cold hands and feet, pale skin
Abdominal Cancer ...
Single crease in the palm (simian crease)
Slightly impaired IQ
Sometimes, the boy may have speech and hearing difficulties.
The cause is unknown and not inherited ...
Clinical manifestations include hypotonia, short stature, brachycephaly, upslanting palpebral fissures, epicanthus, Brushfield spots on the iris, protruding tongue, small ears, short, broad hands, fifth finger clinodactyly, Simian crease, ...
In some cases, mild webbing of fingers and toes, or simian crease in palm of hand
Abnormalities of the sternum (mildly sunken chest)
Protruding navel
Inguinal hernias
Ligament problems, resulting in hyperextension of the knees ...
Single line in the palm of the hand (simian crease)
Skin tags just in front of the ear
Slow or incomplete development of motor skills
Small head (microcephaly)
Small jaw (micrognathia)
Wide-set eyes ...
simian crease (single) in palm of hand
protruding belly button
inguinal hernias
"shawl" scrotum, undescended testicles
mild to moderate mental deficiency
eyes have downward palpebral slant
pectus excavatum (mildly sunken chest) ...
forward-directed nostrils, bushy eyebrows meeting at the midline, unruly coarse hair growing low on the forehead and neck, depressed bridge of nose with uptilted tip of nose, small head with low-set ears, and flat spadelike hands with simian crease ...
 See also: Symptom, Short stature, Prevention, Surgery, Aarskog syndrome
  
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