Conditions / Genetic

acrocapitofemoral dysplasia

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An osteochondrodysplasia characterized by postnatal-onset disproportionate short stature, relatively large head, narrow thorax, lumbar lordosis, short limbs, and brachydactyly with small broad nails and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the Ind

An osteochondrodysplasia characterized by postnatal-onset disproportionate short stature, relatively large head, narrow thorax, lumbar lordosis, short limbs, and brachydactyly with small broad nails and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the Indian hedgehog homolog (IHH) gene on chromosome 2q35.

Signs and symptoms

  • Brachydactyly
  • Short stature
  • Short femoral neck
  • Broad nail
  • Single interphalangeal crease of fifth finger
  • Limb undergrowth
  • Short middle phalanx of finger
  • Delayed ossification of carpal bones
  • Short nail
  • Lumbar hyperlordosis