Unusual fan shaped ossification in a female fetus with radiological features of boomerang dysplasia.
We report on a female fetus of 24 weeks whose clinical and radiological findings were compatible with boomerang dysplasia (BD). However, histopathology was unusual with a lateral fan shaped diaphyseal ossification. This has never been described either in typical atelosteogenesis I (AT-I) or in BD. The purpose of this report is to find out if this condition is a separate lethal bone dysplasia or another histological feature of the nosological group of AT-I and BD.
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Service de Pédiatrie-Génétique Médicale, CHU de Rennes, Hôpital Pontchaillou, France.
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D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography