Study of Dermatoglyphics Patterns of Parents of Children With Anorectal Malformations

To study the different dermatoglyphic patterns of parents of babies with anorectal malformation and to compare them with dermatoglyphic patterns of normal population.

A prospective study was done on dermatoglyphic patterns of parents of babies with some type of anorectal malformation who were admitted in department of Surgery of N.S.C.B. Medical College, Jabalpur from October 2001 to August 2002.

In comparison to the finger prints of normal population, some statistically significant differences were observed in finger print patterns of parents of anorectal malformation patients like Increased frequency of Whorl (W) in right middle finger, of Ulnar loop (UL) in left middle finger and of Radial loop (RL) in left hand of Father, Decreased frequency of Ulnar loop (UL) in left thumb and in left hand, of loop pattern in left thumb of Father and Decreased frequency of Twinned loop (TL) and Composite patterns in right hand of Mother.

By and large, no major significant difference was observed in case group as compared to the control group or the general population, considering the individual details of fingers and patterns. But still, some significant information can be obtained if such study is conducted in future on a larger number of population.