title: Fibrochondrogenesis.
abstract: Fibrochondrogenesis is a rare lethal short-limb skeletal dysplasia. Till now only fifteen cases have been reported since Lazzaroni-Fossati first described it in 1978. Hence reported a case of fibrochondrogenesis in a child born to a consanguineously married couple with characteristic physical and radiological features and discuss the incidence, inheritence, ultrasonographic, clinical, radiological and pathological characteristics of this disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, 577 004, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, 577 004, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prakash S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Matadh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, 577 004, Karnataka, India. praveenprabu@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: S P Praveen
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, 577 004, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Preeti M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
keywords: Autosomal recessive; Fibrochondrogenesis; Lethal skeletal dysplasia