Achondroplasia: Case Report and Review of Literature

Autor:	Navratan Kumar Gupta, Dheeraj Shah, MK Shrivastava, Gauri Shankar Shah
Rok vydání:	1970
Předmět:	Thorax Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Respiratory distress Skeletal survey business.industry medicine.disease Pneumonia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Rare case medicine Breathing Achondroplasia business Biomedical sciences
Zdroj:	Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society. 31:224-226
ISSN:	1990-7982 1990-7974
DOI:	10.3126/jnps.v31i3.5363
Popis:	A two month old male child presented to emergency of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan and was admitted to Paediatric ward with history of fever, cough and respiratory distress. On examination the breathing was rapid and shallow. The child was small for age with an upper to lower segment ratio of 1.9. The anteroposterior diameter of thorax was reduced. We report a very rare case of achondroplasia which was recognized in a two month age child who presented with severe pneumonia. Usually the clinically features of achondroplasia is more prominent when the child is growing in height but we diagnosed it in a two months child after performing the skeletal survey. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v31i3.5363 J Nep Paedtr Soc 2011;31(3): 216-224-226
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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