PMC8308938_01
anterior view of the patient with cleidocranial dysostosis that shows the approximation of the shoulders
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F1
She was unable to rise her elbow above her head and nor was achieved with passive movements, but, on the other hand, she was also able to approximate her shoulders in the midline (Figure 1).
chest CT reconstruction showing the clavicular shortening
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F2
A chest computed tomography (CT) scan was performed and then a reconstruction was done showing clavicular shortening at the expense of aplasia of its acromial end (Figure 2) and a cone shaped thorax.
skull radiograph showing Wormian bones; note the frontal bossing and the small upper and lower jaw
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F3
Widened cranial sutures with Wormian bones were also seen in the skull radiography, in addition to a frontal and parietal bossing and a small upper and lower jaw (Figure 3).
chest CT showing the overall decrease of transverse diameter of the rib cage
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F4
The CT scan also showed an overall decrease of the ribcage's transverse diameter (Figure 4), verticalization of the posterior costal arches, widening of the scapular's anterior margin and humeral heads displaced forward.