Metatropic Dysplasia and its Variants (Analysis of 14 Cases)

Abstract

SUMMARY METATROPIC DYSPLASIA is a spondylo‐epi‐metaphyseal dysplasia with characteristic clinical and radiographic features. 37 cases of the disorder were reported up to 1983 accordingly to Beck et al . 14 cases of spondylo‐epi‐metaphyseal dysplasia of metatropic variety from 9 paediatrk institutions have been analysed. Radiologically and clinically we discern four groups of patients with features of metatropic dysplasia. 1. A lethal, pen‐natal type, 2. An autosomal recessive type with diagnostic radiographic findings and often fatal outcome in the first few years of life, 3. A rare dominant type, 4. A mild type consistent probably of different spondylo‐epi‐metaphyseal dysplasias which show mild metatropic changes. (Metatropic Dysplasia Variants).