Дисплазія SPONASTRIME

Визначення(English summary)

A rare, genetic, spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia disease characterized by short-limbed short stature (more pronounced in lower limbs) associated with characterisitic facial dysmorphism (i.e. relative macrocephaly, frontal bossing, midface hypoplasia, depressed nasal root, small upturned nose, prognathism) and abnormal radiological findings, which include abnormal vertebral bodies (particularly in the lumbar region), striated metaphyses, generalized mild osteoporosis, and delayed ossification of the carpal bones. Progressive coxa vara, short dental roots, hypogammaglobulinemia and cataracts may be occasionally associated.