CONGENITAL ANEMIA AND TRIPHALANGEAL THUMBS - A NEW SYNDROME

A new syndrome of congenital hypoplastic anemia and triphalangeal thumbs has been found in two brothers, at least one of whom also has a congenital heart defect. It is not possible from the present data to discriminate between X-linked and autosomal recessive modes of inheritance. This condition is clearly distinguishable from Fanconi's fancytopenia, the radial aplasia-thrombocytopenia, and the Holt-Oram syndromes by physical and hematologic criteria. © 1969 The C. V. Mosby Company.