Bilateral duplication of the primary ulnar ossification center in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-1996
Abstract
A patient with Ellis-van Creveld (EvC) syndrome and bilateral duplication of the primary ulnar ossification center is presented. Abnormal ossification involving secondary ossification centers of the femur and tibia as well as duplication of primary ossification centers in the carpal bones are well described in EvC. No abnormality of ulnar ossification has been noted in patients with EvC or any other skeletal dysplasia. The occurrence of bilateral duplication of ulnar ossification centers extends the clinical findings of the EvC syndrome. The gap between the ossified areas could be misinterpreted as a fracture and thus lead to a suspicion of osteogenesis imperfecta prenatally or traumatic fracture postnatally.
Volume
5
Issue
4
First Page
335
Last Page
337
ISSN
0962-8827
Published In/Presented At
Gripp, K. W., Scott, C. I., Jr, & Nicholson, L. (1996). Bilateral duplication of the primary ulnar ossification center in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome. Clinical dysmorphology, 5(4), 335–337.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
8905199
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article