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diastrophic dysplasia

info · Genetic · ICD-10: Q77.5

An osteochondrodysplasia that has_material_basis_in abnormal cartilage development due to mutations in the SLC26A2 gene which results_in short limb dwarfism.

Signs and symptoms

  • Disproportionate short-limb short stature
  • Small for gestational age
  • Genu valgum
  • Short chin
  • Cleft palate
  • Lumbar hyperlordosis
  • Patellar dislocation
  • Talipes equinovarus
  • Hypertrophic auricular cartilage
  • Hitchhiker thumb