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Published on: August 24, 2013
Thanatophoric dwarfism
U B Baekmark1, B Bliddal, M Lorentzen
1Paediatric Department, Holding Hospital, and Institute of Pathology, Vejle Hospital, Denmark.
Abstract:
Abstract. Thanatophoric dwarfism was distinguished as a separate entity in 1967. A report is presented of the first case of thanatophoric dwarfism in Scandinavia. A literature survey is given of the clinical, radiological, ultrasonic and his-tological findings. The mode of inheritance is still not known, but is presumed to be autosomal recessive and the imperic risk of recurrence is 1:50. There is no possibility of prenatal diagnosis, for eugenic reasons, but the condition can be detected by means of ultrasonic scanning and radiology around the 34th week of pregnancy. The value of diagnosis at this time is that the mother can be protected from excessive obstetrical procedures on fetal indications, as the condition always leads to the death of the infant.
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