[Clinical variations in Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis]

Abstract

A newborn male baby and two female relative with the Leri Weill's syndrome are described. The disease is a mesomelic dwarfism with mild to moderate shortness of stature and typical radiological deformation know as Madelung's deformity. In a family in which one or more individuals have typical disease, a relative with simple Madelung's deformity would be considered as affected.