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Spondyloepiphysial Dysplasia | ||
| Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-99 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Dawood Sadik. Al-Obidi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT : BACKGROUND: A 13 years old girl from north of Iraq, presented with gross deformity of her back & difficulty in walking& then progressive difficulty in breathing. A thoracic scoliotic deformity with rib hump obvious on her back, it is a case report of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasis(SED) with primary involvement of the vertebrae & epiphyseal centers all over the body. AIM OF THE STUDY: To present a very rare case of (SED), including the deformities& the complications that can be presented with it. METHOD: Examining & survying a 13 years old Iraqi female from north of Iraq. RESULTS: A thoracic scoliotic deformity was found& became more obvious on bending foreword, also rib hump on the right side.Both hips in fixed flexion deformity & limitation of abduction. DISCUSSION: In SEDT the vertebral bodies are malformed& flattened, 1st described by Nilssone (1924).Wynne-Davies& Gormley(1985) estimated the prevalence to be 1 per 100.000 in a Scottish population. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Spondylopepiphyseal dysplasia Tarda; Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita | ||
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