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Thanatophoric dysplasia.
Two autopsy cases of thanatophoric dysplasia in male newborn infant are described. They have markedly short-limbs and narrow thoraxes. Histologically, generalized disruption of endochondral ossification with normal resting cartilage was seen at the epiphyseal region of femur. Differential diagnosis from other 3 types of lethal chondrodysplasia is described and the histogenesis of thanatophoric ...
متن کاملThanatophoric dysplasia: a rare entity.
Thanatophoric dysplasia is the lethal skeletal dysplasia characterized by marked underdevelopment of the skeleton and short-limb dwarfism. The child will be having a short neck, narrow thoracic cage and protuberant abdomen. Other anatomical features include a relatively enlarged head with frontal bossing, prominent eyes, hypertelorism and the depressed nasal bridge. The diagnosis is usually mad...
متن کاملThanatophoric dysplasia in identical twins.
Female twins concordant for thanatophoric dysplasia are presented. Monozygosity was confirmed using minisatellite DNA genetic fingerprinting. The evidence supporting new dominant mutations as the likely cause of thanatophoric dysplasia is reviewed.
متن کاملThanatophoric dysplasia. A report of three cases.
Thanatophoric dysplasia is an osteochondrodysplasia always lethal already in the neonatal period. Three cases, showing the characteristic X-ray picture of the disease, are described. Histopathologically, an abnormality in the endochondral ossification process was observed. In sections from tubular bones the growth zone was found to be irregular with deficient chondrocyte maturation, absence of ...
متن کاملSafe, accurate, prenatal diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia using ultrasound and free fetal DNA
OBJECTIVE To improve the prenatal diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia by defining the change in fetal size across gestation and the frequency of sonographic features, and developing non-invasive molecular genetic diagnosis based on cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal plasma. METHODS Fetuses with a confirmed diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia were ascertained, records reviewed, sonogra...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2279-1655,1391-7536
DOI: 10.4038/sljog.v39i4.7827