Mesomelic dysplasia with absence of fibulae and hexadactyly: Nievergelt syndrome or new syndrome?

Am J Med Genet. 1990 Sep;37(1):10-4. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320370104.

Abstract

Mesomelic dysplasia is a form of short-limb dwarfism characterized by disproportionate shortness of the middle segment of all limbs. Included in this category of skeletal disorders is the Nievergelt syndrome, which typically manifests a rhomboidal shape of the tibiae and fibulae, an unusual foot deformity, radioulnar synostosis, and dysplasia of the elbow and knee joints. We describe a patient with mesomelic dysplasia with findings suggestive of the Nievergelt syndrome and with absence of fibulae and hexadactyly.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics
  • Dwarfism / diagnosis*
  • Dwarfism / diagnostic imaging
  • Dwarfism / genetics
  • Fibula / abnormalities*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Syndrome
  • Toes / abnormalities*