Paediatric Orthopaedics - Skeletal Dysplasia Flashcards
1
Q
What is Skeletal Dysplasia?
A
General term for disorder of development of bone/cartilage
-affects 1/5000 live births
2
Q
What are the main types of skeletal dysplasia?
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Achondroplasia Cleidocranial dysostosis Fibrous dysplasia Langer-Giedion syndrome Maffuci syndrome Osteosclerosis Osteogenesis imperfecta