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Thanatophoric dysplasia of the straight-bone type (type 2)

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1992

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Andrew Norman, S. Rimmer, Sara Landy, D Donnai

Clinical Dysmorphology

Thanatophoric DysplasiaCommon Type 1Gross AnatomyBone DiseaseDistraction OsteogenesisType 2Craniofacial SurgeryBone DensityMedicineOsteoporosisOrthopaedic Surgery

Abstract

We describe two cases of type 2 thanatophoric dysplasia. Cloverleaf skull and relatively straight, shortened long bones distinguish this condition from the more common type 1 thanatophoric dysplasia.