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Table 1 Dermatoglyphic features of published cases of Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

From: The status of dermatoglyphics as a biomarker of Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome: a review of the literature

Author and year

Disease diagnosis

Demography (age, sex, consanguinity, ancestry/lineage, country of case reported)

Dermatoglyphic features

Goodman et al., 1972 [2]

Camptodactyly with muscular hypoplasia, skeletal dysplasia, and abnormal palmar creases

Clinically diagnosed

17-years old

Female (Proposita)

No consanguinity

Jewish Moroccan ancestry

Reported from Israel

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Whorls = 8 and extended beyond the borders of the terminal phalanges, TRC high = 271

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

A–b ridge count = 73, ridge breath = 606, maximal atd angle = 110.5, modification of creases

13-years old

Male (affected brother)

No consanguinity

Jewish Moroccan ancestry

Reported from Israel

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Whorls=8 and extended beyond the borders of the terminal phalanges, TRC high = 350

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

A–b ridge count=120, ridge breath=536, maximal atd angle=101.0, modification of crease

Goodman et al., 1976 [1]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

20-years old

Female (Proposita)

Consanguineous parents

Bedouin

Reported from Israel

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Whorls = 9, TRC high = 177

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

A–b ridge count = 77, ridge breath = 493, maximal atd angle = 75, modification of crease

19-years old

Male (affected brother)

Consanguineous parents

Bedouin

Reported from Israel

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Whorls = 7, TRC high = 209

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

A–b ridge count = 76, ridge breath = 697 maximal atd angle = 92, modification of crease

Gollop and Colletto 1984 [9]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

Normal female chromosome

7-years old

Female (Proposita)

Consanguineous parents

Brazilian

Reported from Brazil

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Arches = 6, whorl = 2, ulnar loop = 2

TRC (LH = 11, RH = 14)

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

Bilateral transverse palmar crease, numerous additional palmar creases, vertical orientation of lines a and t, left hand the ulnarity index of patient 1 was decreased (0.51; mean Brazilian normal value 0.79 and 0.08, a–b RC (LH = 33, RH = 32), a–d RC (LH = 44, RH = 45), atd angle (LH = 40, RH = 35), main line index = (LH = 7, RH = 7)

9-years old

Male (affected brother)

Consanguineous parents

Brazilian

Reported from Brazil

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Arches=9 UL 1, TRC (LH = 0 RH = 1)

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

Bilateral transverse palmar creases, numerous white lines, and vertical orientation of lines a and t, the b triradius is absent and the atd angle is increased owing to a rare ulnar loop present in the hypothenar region at the level of the transverse palmar crease

A–b RC = (LH = 0, RH = 42), a–b RC = (LH = 64, RH = 66), atd angle (LH = 107, RH = 106), main line index = (LH = 5, RH = 7)

Tylki-Szymanska 1986 [10]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

13-years old

Female (Proposita)

Consanguineous parents

(first cousins)

Libyan family

Reported from Poland

Abnormal hand prints +

13-years old

Male (Proposita)

Consanguineous parents

(first cousins)

Libyan family

Reported from Poland

Abnormal hand prints +

10-years old

Female (Proposita)

Consanguineous parents

(first cousins)

Libyan family

Reported from Poland

Abnormal hand prints +

Patton et al., 1986 [11]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

4-years old

Female (Proposita)

No consanguinity

Mother was English and

father was Anglo-Asian origin

Reported from UK

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

Absent or decreased interphalangeal creases

Pagnan et al., 1988 [12]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

Karyotype: chromosomes were normal (46,XX)

4½-years old

Female (Proposita)

No consanguinity

Ancestry : NR

Reported from Brazil

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Whorls 10/10, digital patterns are large, with displacement of triradii, TRC = 350

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

A–b RC = 95, maximal atd 108.5, a–d count = 97, MLI = 16, modification of crease, simian crease of left hand, many “white lines” (shallow grooves of different length, width, and direction) on both palms and fingers and vertical orientation of the a, b, and t lines on the right and left hand

Toriello et al., 1990 [7]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly

Clinically diagnosed

15½-years old

Male (Proposita)

Consanguinity: NR

Hispanic

Reported from USA

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Large whorls on each digit

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

A–d triradii, vertical a, b, and t lines, multiple white lines, and 2 palmar whorls on each hand

11-years old

Female (younger sister)

Consanguinity: NR

Hispanic

Reported from USA

Digital dermatoglyphics:

9 large whorls and 1 ulnar loop

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

A triradius, vertical a, b, and t lines, and multiple white lines

Franceschini et al., 1993 [13]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

17-years old

Female (Proposita)

Consanguineous parents

(first cousins)

Ancestry: NR

Reported from Italy

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

Bilateral transverse palmar creases, numerous additional palmar creases (so-called “white lines”), and ulnar displacement of t triradius

Scarano et al. 1994 [18]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Age: NRA

Gender: NRA

Consanguinity: NRA

Ancestry: NRA

Reported from Italy

Dermatoglyphics NRA

Rogovina et al., 1995 [17]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Patient 1 (siblings)

Age, sex and ancestry NRA

Consanguinity: NRA

Reported from Russia

Flexion folds between phalanges were absent

Other dermatoglyphic features NRA

Patient 2 (siblings) Age, sex and ancestry NRA

Consanguinity: NRA

Reported from Russia

Flexion folds between phalanges were absent Other dermatoglyphic features NRA

Patel and Adhia 2004 [14]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

Karyotype: 46,XX, chromosomal

30-years old

Female (Proposita)

No consanguinity

Ancestry: NR

Reported from India

Abnormal dermatoglyphics +

Age: NR

Female (sister)

No consanguinity

Ancestry: NR

Reported from India

Abnormal dermatoglyphics +

Melegh et al., 2005 [15]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Clinically diagnosed

Karyotype: normal

4-years old

Male (Proposita)

No consanguinity

Hungarian, followed up for 12 years

Reported from Hungary

Digital dermatoglyphics:

Whorl patterns on all ten fingertips,

no other unusual ridges or flexion creases

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

No other unusual ridges or flexion creases were seen on the fingers, palms, and soles

Smolkin et al., 2011 [5]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

Twin 1 monochorionic biamniotic

32-weeks 5-days old

Male

No consanguinity

Ancestry: NR

Reported from Israel

Digital dermatoglyphics:

RH = absent interphalangeal crease in finger 5

LH = absent interphalangeal crease in finger 4, 5

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

RH = simian crease

LH = simian crease

Partial absence of dermatoglyphic features

Twin 1 monochorionic biamniotic

32-weeks 5-days old

Male

No consanguinity

Ancestry: NR

Reported from Israel

Digital dermatoglyphics:

RH = absent interphalangeal crease in finger 2, 3, 4

LH = absent interphalangeal crease in finger 2, 3,4, 5

Palmar dermatoglyphics:

RH = simian crease

LH = simian crease

Partial absence of dermatoglyphic features

Shah et al., 2013 [16]

Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome

25-years old

Male (Proposita)

Consanguineous

Ancestry: NR

Reported from India

Dermatoglyphics not reported

  1. LH left hand, MLI main line index, NR not reported, NRA not reported in abstract, RC Ridge count, RH right hand, TRC total ridge count, UL Ulnar loop