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Synovial Chondromatosis, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

Classification of Dysplasias

What is the meaning? The word “Diastrophic” is derived from Greek meaning crooked or distorted. Lamy and Maroteaux, who coined the term in 1960, differentiated it from other forms of short-stature by its characteristic features including severe growth restriction, involvement of the spine, clubfeet and thumb deformity. Variations of the dysplasia...

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GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SPINAL DEFORMITIES IN THE SKELETAL DYSPLASIAS What is skeletal dysplasia? The term skeletal dysplasia refers to a "bad formation" of the bones and joints. All the bones of the skeleton are affected: this differs from a skeletal dysostosis, in which a group of bones are affected while the...

Pediatrics: Skeletal Dysplasia GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SPINAL DEFORMITIES IN THE SKELETAL DYSPLASIAS What is skeletal dysplasia? The term skeletal dysplasia refers to a "bad formation" of the bones and joints. All the bones of the skeleton are affected: this differs from a skeletal dysostosis, in which a group of bones are...

Diastrophic Dysplasia

Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia

SPONDYLO-EPI-METAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA WITH JOINT LAXITY

Heterotopic Bone Formation, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

DIASTROPHIC DYSPLASIA

Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

Robert Mellors, 1999 Cornell University. Notes and illustrations

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