title: Severe rhizomelic skeletal dysplasia in a museum skeleton.
abstract: We report on a skeleton dating from the last century with a severe, strictly rhizomelic shortening of all four extremities and a deformed skull. To the best of our knowledge no similar skeletal findings have been described. We suggest that this individual suffered from a hitherto unreported form of skeletal dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Munich University, Germany.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Nerlich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freisinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D018902:Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Rhizomelic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009144:Museums