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Medical condition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hemimelia is a birth defect consisting in unilateral or bilateral underdevelopment of the distal part of the lower or upper limb.[1] The affected bone may be shortened or not develop at all.[2][3]
Hemimelia | |
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Other names | Longitudinal meromelia |
Terminal defect of an arm with transverse, incomplete hemimelia | |
Specialty | Medical genetics |
Transverse hemimelia is a congenital absence of part or all of a limb (including hand or foot) and is called amelia when the entire limb is missing.[2][4] Paraxial hemimelia means partial absence of one of the elements of the limb in the longitudinal axis (in phocomelia there is no complete absence of a part of the limb).[2]
Sub types of hemimelia are the following:
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