Absent radius
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Absent radius is a very rare medical condition in which the radius bone is not developed. This results in a typical position of the arm in which the wrist is plantarflexed and radially deviated.
It is associated with the following conditions:
- Thrombocytopaenia-absent-radius syndome
- VATER association
- Holt-Oram syndrome
- Fanconi anemia
- Trisomy 18
