Campomelic syndrome: concepts of the bowing and shortening in the lower limbs

Teratology. 1987 Feb;35(1):1-8. doi: 10.1002/tera.1420350102.

Abstract

A comprehensive study (bone roentgenography, arteriography, gross dissection, microscopy of the long bones, and biochemical study of proteoglycan-aggregates in the hyaline cartilage) of the lower limbs in a full-term stillborn with the campomelic syndrome was performed. Hyaline cartilage immaturity of the long bones, dysplasia of growth plates, focal shaft dysplasia, and a defective length of the posterior femur and crus muscles were revealed. The genesis of the bowing and shortening of the long bones in the lower limbs is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
  • Angiography
  • Female
  • Femur / abnormalities
  • Fibula / abnormalities
  • Growth Plate / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Leg / abnormalities*
  • Leg / blood supply
  • Leg / diagnostic imaging
  • Muscles / abnormalities
  • Syndrome
  • Tibia / abnormalities