Prenatal ultrasonography: clinical and radiological findings in a boy with fibrochondrogenesis

Am J Perinatol. 1998 Jul;15(7):403-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-993966.

Abstract

Fibrochondrogenesis, a rare lethal chondrodysplasia has been reported on nine patients. We report on a boy with fibrochondrogenesis whose parents were second cousins. Prenatal ultrasonography performed at 22 weeks of gestation revealed an intrauterine growth retardation, an apparently large head, an hypoplasia of the thorax, a prominent abdomen, rhizomelic limbs, and wide metaphysis. The latest have never been reported in other lethal dysplasias.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bone and Bones / abnormalities
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / genetics
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Radiography
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal