title: Prenatal diagnosis of cleidocranial dysostosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cleidocranial dysostosis is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by absent or hypoplastic clavicles and dysplasia of the osseous tissue in the cranium.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the prenatal diagnosis and neonatal evaluation of cleidocranial dysostosis in the pregnancy of a woman also affected with this disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sonographic appearance of absent or hypoplastic clavicles, in the absence of other findings suggesting a skeletal dysplasia, strongly suggests the diagnosis of cleidocranial dysostosis. Nomograms are available to follow the growth and development of normal clavicles. Assessment of normal long-bone growth in relation to clavicular size may aid in the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hamner
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Fabbri
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Browne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002973:Cleidocranial Dysplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal