Conditions / Genetic

Smith-McCort dysplasia 1

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A Smith-McCort dysplasia that is characterized by short limbs and a short trunk with a barrel-shaped chest and has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the DYM gene (607461) on chromosome 18q21.

Signs and symptoms

  • Barrel-shaped chest
  • Limitation of joint mobility
  • Short stature
  • Waddling gait
  • Atlantoaxial instability
  • Genu varum
  • Metaphyseal irregularity
  • Short neck
  • Kyphosis
  • Platyspondyly