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Carpal and/or tarsal fusion

Tarsal coalition is an abnormal connecting bridge of tissue between two normally-separate tarsal bones. The term 'coalition' means a coming together of two or more entities to merge into one mass. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Subtypes

May Be Caused by

Common: Arthrogryposis; Ellis-van Creveld syndrome; Fungal arthritis; Isolated anomaly; Juvenile chronic arthritis; Normal variant; Rheumatoid arthritis; Septic arthritis; Surgery; Symphalangism; Trauma; Yoruba ancestry
Uncommon: Acrocephalopolysyndactyly; Acrocephalosyndactyly Pfeiffer type; Acromegaly; Antley-Bixler syndrome; Apert syndrome; Baller-Gerold syndrome; Cleft hand or foot; Crouzon syndrome; Dermatomyositis; Diastrophic dysplasia; Dyschondrosteosis; EEC syndrome; F syndrome; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Frontometaphyseal dysplasia; Hand-foot-genital syndrome; Holt-Oram syndrome; Kniest dysplasia; LEOPARD syndrome; Madelung deformity; Mesomelic dysplasia Nievergelt type; Multiple synostosis syndrome; Osteomyelitis; Otopalatodigital syndrome; Rothmund-Thomson syndrome; Scleroderma; Symphalangism-surdity syndrome; Thalidomide embryopathy; Townes-Brocks syndrome; Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia type 3; Turner syndrome; Tylosis