Short metacarpal

The second metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the index finger) is the longest, and its base the largest, of all the metacarpal bones. Human anatomy Its base is prolonged upward and medialward, forming a prominent ridge.It presents four articular facets, three on the upper surface and one on the ulnar side: Of the facets on the upper surface: the intermediate is the largest and is concave from side to side, convex from before backward for articulation with the lesser multangular; the lateral is small, flat and oval for articulation with the greater multangular; the medial, on the summit of the ridge, is long and narrow for articulation with the capitate. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Cause
Congenital short hands and feet
Short first metacarpal
Short first metatarsal
May Be Caused by
Achondroplasia
Acrocephalosyndactyly Saethre-Chotzen type
Acrodysostosis
Acromesomelic dysplasia
Acromicric dysplasia
Acroscyphodysplasia
Aplasia cutis congenita
Atelosteogenesis
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Biemond syndrome type 1
Bilginturan syndrome
Brachmann-de Lange syndrome
Brachydactyly type A1
Brachydactyly type C
Brachydactyly type E
Camptobrachydactyly
Cephaloskeletal dysplasia
Cheirolumbar dysostosis
CHILD syndrome
Chondrodysplasia punctata
Chondrodysplasia punctata brachytelephalangic type
Chondrodysplasia punctata tibial-metacarpal type
Christian syndrome
Chromosome 18:del(18q) syndrome
Chromosome 5:del(5p) syndrome
Chromosome 5p partial deletion
Cockayne syndrome
Coffin-Siris syndrome
Cohen syndrome
Deafness and metaphyseal dysostosis
Desbuquois dysplasia
Devriendt syndrome
Diastrophic dysplasia
Du Pan syndrome
Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia
Dyschondrosteosis
Dyssegmental dwarfism
Dyssegmental dysplasia
Enchondromatosis
Exostoses
Familial brachydactyly A1
Familial brachydactyly C
Familial brachydactyly E
Familial short stature
Fanconi anemia
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Frostbite
Geleophysic dysplasia
Goltz syndrome
Gorlin syndrome
Grebe chondrodysplasia
Hand-foot-genital syndrome
Hereditary multiple exostoses
Holt-Oram syndrome
Hunter syndrome
Hurler syndrome
Hypertrichosis-gingival fibromatosis-mental retardation syndrome
Hypochondroplasia
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Ichthyosis syndrome
Infantile hypothyroidism
Insulin resistance-short fifth metacarpal syndrome
Juberg-Hayward syndrome
Larsen syndrome
Megaepiphyseal dwarfism
Metacarpal 4-5 synostosis
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia McKusick type
Mucolipidosis
Mucolipidosis type 2
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Myotonic dystrophy
Nager acrofacial dysostosis
Nonsyndromic brachymetacarpalia
Normal variant
Omodysplasia
Opitz trigonocephaly syndrome
Osteoglophonic dysplasia
Oto-palato-digital syndrome type 1
Oto-palato-digital syndrome type 2
Otopalatodigital syndrome type 1
Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2
Pallister-Hall syndrome
Patterson-Lowry rhizomelic dysplasia
Poland syndrome
Pseudodiastrophic dysplasia
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
Pterygium syndrome
Radial ray syndrome
Refsum disease
Refsum syndrome
Rett syndrome
Robinow syndrome
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
Short rib-polydactyly syndrome
Silver-Russell syndrome
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia short limb-hand-abnormal calcification type
Spondyloperipheral dysplasia
Tabatznik syndrome
Tattoo dysplasia
Thanatophoric dysplasia
Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia
Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia type 1
Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia type 2
Trisomy 18
Trisomy 9p
Tuomaala syndrome
Turner syndrome
VATER association
Weill-Marchesani syndrome
Yunis-Varon syndrome
Achondroplasia
Acrocephalosyndactyly Saethre-Chotzen type
Acrodysostosis
Acromesomelic dysplasia
Acromicric dysplasia
Acroscyphodysplasia
Aplasia cutis congenita
Atelosteogenesis
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Biemond syndrome type 1
Bilginturan syndrome
Brachmann-de Lange syndrome
Brachydactyly type A1
Brachydactyly type C
Brachydactyly type E
Camptobrachydactyly
Cephaloskeletal dysplasia
Cheirolumbar dysostosis
CHILD syndrome
Chondrodysplasia punctata
Chondrodysplasia punctata brachytelephalangic type
Chondrodysplasia punctata tibial-metacarpal type
Christian syndrome
Chromosome 18:del(18q) syndrome
Chromosome 5:del(5p) syndrome
Chromosome 5p partial deletion
Cockayne syndrome
Coffin-Siris syndrome
Cohen syndrome
Deafness and metaphyseal dysostosis
Desbuquois dysplasia
Devriendt syndrome
Diastrophic dysplasia
Du Pan syndrome
Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia
Dyschondrosteosis
Dyssegmental dwarfism
Dyssegmental dysplasia
Enchondromatosis
Exostoses
Familial brachydactyly A1
Familial brachydactyly C
Familial brachydactyly E
Familial short stature
Fanconi anemia
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Frostbite
Geleophysic dysplasia
Goltz syndrome
Gorlin syndrome
Grebe chondrodysplasia
Hand-foot-genital syndrome
Hereditary multiple exostoses
Holt-Oram syndrome
Hunter syndrome
Hurler syndrome
Hypertrichosis-gingival fibromatosis-mental retardation syndrome
Hypochondroplasia
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Ichthyosis syndrome
Infantile hypothyroidism
Insulin resistance-short fifth metacarpal syndrome
Juberg-Hayward syndrome
Larsen syndrome
Megaepiphyseal dwarfism
Metacarpal 4-5 synostosis
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia McKusick type
Mucolipidosis
Mucolipidosis type 2
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Myotonic dystrophy
Nager acrofacial dysostosis
Nonsyndromic brachymetacarpalia
Normal variant
Omodysplasia
Opitz trigonocephaly syndrome
Osteoglophonic dysplasia
Oto-palato-digital syndrome type 1
Oto-palato-digital syndrome type 2
Otopalatodigital syndrome type 1
Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2
Pallister-Hall syndrome
Patterson-Lowry rhizomelic dysplasia
Poland syndrome
Pseudodiastrophic dysplasia
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
Pterygium syndrome
Radial ray syndrome
Refsum disease
Refsum syndrome
Rett syndrome
Robinow syndrome
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
Short rib-polydactyly syndrome
Silver-Russell syndrome
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia short limb-hand-abnormal calcification type
Spondyloperipheral dysplasia
Tabatznik syndrome
Tattoo dysplasia
Thanatophoric dysplasia
Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia
Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia type 1
Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia type 2
Trisomy 18
Trisomy 9p
Tuomaala syndrome
Turner syndrome
VATER association
Weill-Marchesani syndrome
Yunis-Varon syndrome