Conditions / Genetic

spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita

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A spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia characterized by disproportionate short stature (short trunk), abnormal epiphyses, and flattened vertebral bodies that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the COL2A1 gene on chromosome 12q13.11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Arthralgia
  • Hypoplasia of the odontoid process
  • Scoliosis
  • Barrel-shaped chest
  • Hypotonia
  • Generalized hypotonia
  • Flattened epiphysis
  • Flat face
  • Limitation of knee mobility
  • Lumbar hyperlordosis

Also known as: Late Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia