[Aplasia of the radius and mechanisms of deformity of the arm].
A complex study (roentgenographic, arteriographic, anatomic, anthrometric and microscopic) of 16 upper extremities of stillborn and deceased infants with aplasia and hypoplasia of the radius has been carried out. The etiologic factors of the defect were chromosomal and monogenic mutations and multifactor causes. It has been demonstrated that: 1) in cases of reduction of the radius the structure of the arteries, nerves and muscles in destroyed mostly in the radial border of the forearm and hand; 2) the severity of the changes in the anatomic depends on the type of the defect; 3) the pathomorphologic manifestations of the forms of the defect characterized by the same severity are mostly similar. The mechanisms of deformations of the hand in aplasia (hypoplasia of the radius) are discussed.