Ectrodactyly - Non-finger and toe syndrome

People with ectrodactyly - also known as lobster claw syndrome - have a gap where the finger (arm or leg) should be between. The disease causes the shape of the hands or feet to resemble lobster claws.

In 1991, actress Bree Walker was a television star in Los Angeles. She and her fiancée, sportsman Jim Lampley, decided to have children despite the baby being born could have lobster symptoms.

(Photo: ABC news) The first child of Walker 's first marriage had this syndrome, so Walker was very considerate when he decided to give birth to a second child. The following baby, named Aaron Lampley, also had ectrodactyly in both his feet and hands, just like his sister and mother.

Decades ago, ectrodactyly people often joined the circus to perform a living. Members of a family can perform together - as in the case of the famous Grady Stiles brothers in the circus ' Lobster Boys ' ('Lobster brothers').

Joseph Upton, plastic surgeon and ectrodactyly specialist in Boston (USA), is a person who wholeheartedly helps malformed patients return to normal life, and in some cases he becomes public. Samantha and Stephanie Wojciechowicz both have genetic defects from their mothers.

When he was 2 years old - each child had only one finger on each hand - the first time two sisters were introduced to Dr. Upton hoping he could change their lives. With plastic surgery, Dr. Upton uses his tiny toes to make a thumb.

He said: 'In terms of micro-surgery, toes are the part that can be used to move. We put our toes up as our fingers together, reconnecting the tendons, nerves, arteries, bones. Certainly it is not a normal thumb, but it will feel and get some movement '.

After being discharged from the hospital, sisters Samantha and Stephanie Wojciechowicz had to practice new thumb movements to practice writing and drawing. Now 14, Stephanie gets an ' optimal ' score in the writing class.

Samantha, now 12 years old, is passionate about art and likes to draw, although her hand is hurting for trying too long. Although there were no toes, both sisters joined the school football team.

Stephanie said: 'We are normal people, nothing is different!' Actor Bree Walker, Andrea's first daughter, is about to enter Southern California University, while Aaron is in high school.

Ben Sweeney, a specialist in Leonardo de Vinci, said the great artist had syndactyly - or sticky fingers. According to Sweeney, the hand of the Italian illustrator is used to model the hand on Lord Jésu's image in Vinci's ' The Last Supper '. After studying Sweeney's discovery, Dr. Upton also agreed that Leonardo de Vinci's left hand was abnormal

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