Thanatophoric dysplasia, type I

Francesco Contarin, MD

Venezuela

This is a 25-week fetus with Thanatophoric dysplasia, type I. Note the short limbs, the redundant soft-tissues and the platysplondyly.

The short limbs (humerus and femur) and disproportionally large foot.

humerus
femur

rfoot

The redundant soft-tissues:

pn
nucafold

The small chest cavity compared to the abdomen

abdlong
heart

The platysplondyly.

platispon
spine2

The baby after delivery.

patolo

The X-ray (note the platysplondyly).

rx

Normal karyotpe

46xy

Discussion Board

Start a discussion about this article
Add bookmark Bookmarked

Menu