Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Isidor-Toutain type

What it is

A rare primary bone dysplasia disorder characterized by normal birth length with early postnatal growth deficiency resulting in severe disproportionate short stature (with short trunk and limbs), severe genu varum, flexion contractures in the hips and lumbar hyperlordosis. Radiological findings reveal platyspondyly with central indentation of vertebral endplates, progressive and severe epimetaphyseal abnormalities that primarily affect the lower limbs and include very small, irregular proximal femoral and knee epiphyses, severe coxa vara, delayed ossification of proximal femoral epiphyses, and irregular distal femoral and proximal tibial metaphyses.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Infancy, Neonatal

Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Gene

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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