short limb skeletal dysplasias


Short limb skeletal dysplasias are skeletal dysplasias which are characterized by limb shortening
Classification
Rhizomelic (proximal limb shortening)
- hypochondroplasia
- achondroplasia
- chondrodysplasia punctata
- pseudoachondroplasia
- thanatophoric dysplasia
- particularly type II
- kyphomelic dysplasias
Mesomelic (middle segment limb shortening)
- dyschondrosteosis (Leri-Weil disease): limb shortening with a Madelung deformity
- mesomelic dysplasia
- type Langer
- type Reinhardt-Pfeiffer
Acromesomelic (middle and distal segment limb shortening)
- chondroectodermal dysplasia - Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
- similar to asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia but
- (a) hexadactyly is a constant finding
- (b) there is severe hypoplasia of the fingers and nails
- (c) congenital heart disease is common and
- (d) hypoplastic lateral tibial plateau is characteristic in childhood
- similar to asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia but
- acromesomelic dysplasia
- mesomelic dysplasia
- type Nievergelt
- type Robinow
- type Werner
Acromelic (distal segment shortening)
- asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia/Jeune's syndrome:
- narrow thorax with short ribs leading to respiratory distress
- spur-like projections of the acetabular roof. Premature ossification of the femoral capital epiphyses
- occasional postaxial hexadactyly
- cone-shaped epiphyses in childhood
- peripheral dysostosis
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