Morales JRE, Gómez PMG, Rivas GBP

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The Renaissance era (14th to 16th centuries) was born in Florence, Italy, and was an essential period for the development and evolution of art, including painting, architecture, sculpture, music, and literature. Its ideas were based on Humanism, and it intended to represent in its works of art the perfection of the human body, symmetry and balance, and the perfection of nature. The period is divided into different stages, each represented by different artists; among the best-known are Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Michelangelo. Various anomalies and pathologies have been associated with several Renaissance paintings, including Camptodactyly, characterized by hyperflexion of the proximal interphalangeal joint. Although there is not much information in the scientific literature on the findings associated with this anomaly, thanks to the evolution in technology and the more frequent use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, several alterations in anatomical structures related to this deformity, such as the lumbrical muscles, have been identified.

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