Fibrochondrogenesis: lethal, autosomal recessive chondrodysplasia with distinctive cartilage histopathology

Am J Med Genet. 1984 Oct;19(2):265-75. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320190209.

Abstract

Fibrochondrogenesis is a rare, neonatally lethal rhizomelic chondrodysplasia distinguished from other forms of lethal dwarfism by broad long-bone metaphyses, pear-shaped vertebral bodies, and by microscopic changes of cartilage with unique interwoven fibrous septa and fibroblastic dysplasia of chondrocytes. We report the second and third well-documented cases of this apparently autosomal recessive disorder and discuss the differential diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cartilage / pathology
  • Female
  • Genes, Lethal
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Growth Plate / ultrastructure
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / genetics*
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / pathology
  • Radiography