Thumb Sign and Wrist Sign in Marfan’s Syndrome

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Thumb Sign and Wrist Sign in Marfan’s Syndrome

Corresponding Author(s): Purushottam Parajuli
Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives
drpuruaiims@gmail.com
Parajuli P (2020).
This Article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Received	:	Aug 06, 2020
Accepted	:	Sep 17, 2020
Published Online	:	Sep 21, 2020
Journal	:	Journal of Clinical Images
Publisher	:	MedDocs Publishers LLC
Online edition	:	http://meddocsonline.org

Cite this article: Parajuli P. Thumb Sign and Wrist Sign in Marfan’s Syndrome. J Clin Images. 2020; 3(1): 1065.

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27-year-old male with musculoskeletal features of Marfan syndrome presented to Surgery Outpatient Department for abdominal pain. On investigation he was found to have multiple intestinal diverticula without any complications. He was managed for his symptoms. He also had other features like high arch palate. Thumb sign in Marfan syndrome is because of combination of hypermobility of thumb and longer thumb than usual (Figure A). Similarly, Wrist sign is because of thin wrist and loner fingers (Figure B).

Figure 1: Figure A

Figure 2: Figure B

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Thumb Sign and Wrist Sign in Marfan’s Syndrome

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