PMC4898183_01
Infant male with the brachytelephalangic type of chondrodysplasia punctata. A chest radiograph at two days of age shows tracheal ring cartilage calcifications and punctuate calcifications of the lateral elements of thoracic vertebrae.
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Multiple radiological studies were performed (Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, Figure 1-4, Figure 1-5).
Infant male with the brachytelephalangic type of chondrodysplasia punctata. Examination of the right upper extremity at two days of age shows punctuate calcifications in the proximal ulna and humerus, and short distal phalanges.
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Multiple radiological studies were performed (Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, Figure 1-4, Figure 1-5).
Infant male with the brachytelephalangic type of chondrodysplasia punctata. A lateral view of the spine taken two days after birth shows calcifications in the tracheal cartilage rings, and stippled calcifications in the lateral elements and spinous processes of the vertebrae.
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Multiple radiological studies were performed (Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, Figure 1-4, Figure 1-5).
Infant male with the brachytelephalangic type of chondrodysplasia punctata. Examination of the lower extremities at two days of age reveals punctuate calcifications of the proximal femurs, patellae, and taluses.
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Multiple radiological studies were performed (Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, Figure 1-4, Figure 1-5).
Infant male with the brachytelephalangic type of chondrodysplasia punctata. A CT scan of the temporal bone at four months of age shows, among other findings of midface hypoplasia, sclerosis of the bone surrounding the inner ear but no abnormality of the inner ear structures.
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Multiple radiological studies were performed (Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, Figure 1-4, Figure 1-5).
Infant male with the brachytelephalangic type of chondrodysplasia punctata. A chest radiograph at six months of age shows persistent calcifications of the tracheal cartilages and punctuate calcifications of the humeral epiphyses.
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Some of the punctuate calcifications present shortly after birth were seen at 6 months of age (Fig. 6), but showed near-total resolution by the age of one.
Infant male with the brachytelephalangic type of chondrodysplasia punctata. A view of the lateral nasopharynx at three years of age shows calcifications of the tracheal cartilages and the thyroid cartilage. Hearing aids also appear.
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