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Sydney crease (medicine)


Sydney crease


A variation of the proximal transverse palmar flexion crease that reaches the ulnar side of the palm; associated with acute lymphocytic anaemia in early childhood, rubella embryopathy, and Down's syndrome.

Synonym: Sydney line.