Conditions / Genetic

pseudoachondroplasia

info ยท Genetic

An osteochondrodysplasia that has_material_basis_in mutations in the COMP gene which results_in short limb dwarfism.

Signs and symptoms

  • Brachydactyly
  • Scoliosis
  • Genu varum
  • Metaphyseal irregularity
  • Irregular epiphyses
  • Platyspondyly
  • Beaking of vertebral bodies
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Delayed epiphyseal ossification
  • Metaphyseal widening

Also known as: SPONDYLOEPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA, PSEUDOACHONDROPLASTIC; pseudoachondroplastic dysplasia