Table 1 Overview of the current literature of upper limb involvement of dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica

Meyerding 1927 [24]

4

Carpus

Geschickter 1949 [13]

1

Scaphoid

Fairbank 1956 [9]

2

Distal ulna, lunate, scaphoid, trapezium, 1st and 2nd metacarpal

Heiple 1961 [14]

1

Trapezium

Saxton 1964 [30]

1

Proximal humerus, capitellum, radial head, scaphoid, trapezium, 1st metacarpal

Wynne-Davies 1973 [37]

1

Carpus

Hensinger 1978 [15]

3

Carpus

Buckwalter 1978 [5]

1

Distal ulna, lunate

Bigliani 1980 [4]

1

Glenoid

Wiedemann 1981 [36]

1

Elbow, carpus

Lamesch 1983 [21]

1

Radius, scaphoid, trapezium

Doyle 1984 [8]

1

Scaphoid

Cruz-Conde 1984 [7]

1

Glenoid, coracoid, humerus, ulna, scaphoid, trapezium, lunate, hamate, capitate

Azouz 1984 [2]

1

Humerus

Stockley 1985 [31]

1

Thumb

Hoeffel 1986 [17]

1

Ulna

Maylack 1988 [23]

1

Metacarpus

Rao 1994 [28]

1

Elbow

Poli 1995 [27]

1

Radius

Levi 1998 [22]

1

Radius

Hoeffel 1998 [16]

1

Radius

Vanhoenacker 1999 [34]

1

Scaphoid

Oestreich 2002 [26]

1

Radial neck

Takeuchi 2003 [32]

1

Ulna

Beer 2005 [3]

3

Carpus

Total

33