1Associate Professor, Anatomy, Government Medical College, Nagpur
2Professor, Anatomy, Government Medical College, Nagpur
3Assistant Professor, Anatomy, Government Medical College, Akola
4Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Adilabad, Govt. of AP, India
Online published on 9 May, 2014.
Dermatoglyphics is useful in the management of various genetic disorders. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder of early age which in sever forms needs blood transfusion. By dermatoglyphics which deals with epidermal ridges we can diagnose the cases of thalassemia. This study was conducted to find whether any specific pattern of palmer dermatoglyphics exist for thalassemic population of Vidarbha region of India.
100 thalassemic cases with equal number of healthy volunteers were included in this prospective study. Palmer dermatoglyphic study was performed by using "Ink method" of Cummins.
Palmar patterns are significantly more in thalassemics mainly in hypothenar and thenar/ID1areas than controls. Significant increase in number of palmar triradii is also seen. There is distal displacement of axial triradii is available in both male and female thalassemics. ‘atd’ angles and ‘a-b’ ridge count is also more in thalassemics than control cases.
Vidarbha region have specific differences in patients of thalassemia as far as palmer dermatoglyphic patterns is concerned. The knowledge will be useful in the management of the disease.
Palmer Dermatoglyphics, Thalassemia, Cooley's Anaemia
