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Table 2 Skeletal malformations observed in families with AMDM

From: Novel mutations in natriuretic peptide receptor-2 gene underlie acromesomelic dysplasia, type maroteaux

Family

Organs

Clinical Features

Radiological Features

A

Long bones

Short middle and distal segments

Ulna shorter than radius, bilateral triangular distal epiphysis and bowing of the radius

 

Hands and feet

Short and broad fingers with redundant skin

Short and broad phalanges. Short and stubby metacarpal and metatarsal bones.

 

Vertebral abnormalities

 

Mild reduction in the heights of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic and lumbar spine (Mild platyspondyly)

B

Long bones

Short middle and distal segments

Ulna shorter than radius, bowing of the radius

 

Hands and feet

Extremely short and broad fingers with redundant skin

Short and broad phalanges, metacarpal and metatarsal bones

 

Vertebral abnormalities

 

Not available

C

Long bones

Short and misshaped middle and distal segments

Not available

 

Hands and feet

Extremely short and broad fingers with redundant skin, great toe relatively large

Not available

 

Vertebral abnormalities

 

Not available

D

Long bones

Short middle and distal segments

Ulna shorter than radius, bilateral triangular distal epiphysis and bowing of the radius

 

Hands and feet

Short and broad fingers with redundant skin

Short and broad phalanges, metacarpal and metatarsal bones

 

Vertebral abnormalities

 

Reduction in the heights in the thoracic and lumbar spine (Mild platyspondyly)

E

Long bones

Short and misshaped middle and distal segments

Not available

 

Hands and feet

Short and broad fingers with slight redundant skin

Not available

 

Vertebral abnormalities

 

Not available

F

Long bones

Short and misshaped middle and distal segments

Ulna shorter than radius, bilateral triangular distal appearance of epiphysis and bowing of the radius

 

Hands and feet

Short and broad fingers with redundant skin, great toe relatively large

Short and broad phalanges, metacarpal and metatarsal bones

 

Vertebral abnormalities

 

Mild reduction in the heights of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic and lumbar spine (Mild platyspondyly)

 

Face

Long face