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Stickler syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that can include ocular findings of myopia, cataract, and retinal detachment; hearing loss that is both conductive and sensorineural; midfacial underdevelopment and cleft palate (either alone or as part of the Robin sequence); and mild spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and/or precocious arthritis. Variable phenotypic expression of Stickler syndrome occurs both within and among families; interfamilial variability is in part explained by locus and allelic heterogeneity. [from GeneReviews]

Scheuermann disease is characterized by lumbar or thoracic kyphosis or both, back pain, and a variety of vertebral changes including wedging, endplate irregularity, narrowing of disc spaces, Schmorl nodes, and detached epiphyseal rings. It is reported to occur more frequently in boys than in girls (summary by McKenzie and Sillence, 1992). [from OMIM]