OSTEOPETROSIS WITH SYNDACTYLY

1 May 1958

journal article
Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Vol. 40-B (2) , 208-218
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.40b2.208

Abstract

A minority of cases of osteopetrosis show in addition syndactyly and distal phalangeal anomalies. The seven cases that have been reported with this combination have had an unusual degree of density and thickening of the skull vault, face and mandible, and of the shafts of the metacarpals, metatarsals, proximal phalanges and clavicles. It is submitted that these features constitute a distinct morphological variety of osteopetrosis.

Keywords

DISTAL PHALANGEAL
SEVEN CASES
SKULL VAULT
DISTINCT MORPHOLOGICAL
UNUSUAL DEGREE
FEATURES CONSTITUTE
PHALANGEAL ANOMALIES
MORPHOLOGICAL VARIETY
ADDITION SYNDACTYLY

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