Fibrochondrogenesis

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Classification according to ICD-10
Q77.9 Osteochondrodysplasia with growth disorders of the long bones and the spine, unspecified
Q77.7 Dysplasia spondyloepiphysaria
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The Fibrochondrogenesie is a very rare congenital skeletal dysplasia with the key features of a newborn lethal running rhizomelic chondrodysplasia .

It was first described in 1978 by the French doctor F. Lazzaroni-Fossati .

distribution

The frequency is given as less than 1 in 1,000,000, so far about 15 families have been described.

root cause

Depending on the underlying mutation , two types can be distinguished:

Clinical manifestations

Clinical criteria are:

  • Facial abnormalities with protruding eyes, flat middle face, flat, small nose with nostrils pointing forward, narrow mouth with long upper lip
  • Rhizomeles Shortening of the extremities , hands and feet hardly or not at all noticeable

In addition, there can be cleft palates , micrognathia and a forked tongue.

diagnosis

The diagnosis is based on the clinical findings, the suspicion can already be made intrauterine by fine ultrasound .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Fibrochondrogenesis. In: Orphanet (Rare Disease Database).
  2. F. Lazzaroni-Fossati, V. Stanescu, R. Stanescu, G. Serra, P. Magliano, P. Maroteaux: La fibrochondrogenese. In: Archives françaises de pédiatrie. Vol. 35, No. 10, December 1978, pp. 1096-1104, PMID 749746 .
  3. Fibrochondrogenesis 1.  In: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man . (English)
  4. Fibrochondrogenesis 2.  In: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man . (English)
  5. GN Bekdache, MA Begam, F. Chedid, L. Al-Gazali, H. Mirghani: Fibrochondrogenesis: prenatal diagnosis and outcome. In: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Vol. 33, No. 7, October 2013, pp. 663-668, doi: 10.3109 / 01443615.2013.817977 , PMID 24127948 (review).

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