Hexadactyly

Hexadactyly or syndactyly refers to six fingers on one hand or one foot. The anomaly can affect the two front fingers - the index and middle fingers on the hand, or the little finger or ring finger on the foot, or the two back fingers on the hand, but in this case the anomaly will be called polydacty. The disease is rare and is usually discovered incidentally in newborns. If a child was born with all six fingers, then his future fate is connected only with developmental features. Possible manifestations of hexadacty are associated with the so-called dominant gene.