Conditions / Genetic

spondylometaphyseal dysplasia Megarbane-Dagher-Melike type

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A spondylometaphyseal dysplasia that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the PAM16 gene on chromosome 16p13.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Delayed epiphyseal ossification
  • Severe platyspondyly
  • Squared iliac bones
  • Postnatal growth retardation
  • Narrow chest
  • Short ribs
  • Short long bone
  • Flat acetabular roof
  • Small for gestational age
  • Wide distal femoral metaphysis

Also known as: Megarbane-Dagher-Melike type chondrodysplasia; SMDMDM