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Patient 12 at 5 years of age. Note the narrow chest.
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At 14 months, he was evaluated because of limb shortness, a small, narrow chest (Fig. 1), and frequent periods of upper respiratory tract infection with respiratory distress.
X-ray of the pelvis of patient 12 shortly after birth. Note the typical trident appearance of the acetabula
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Skeletal radiographs showed a hypoplastic thorax, with short, horizontally oriented ribs, elevated, horizontally oriented clavicles, CTR of 0.63, short iliac bones with the typical trident appearance of the acetabula (Fig. 2), and shortened femoral bones.
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X-ray of the left hand of patient 13 at the age of 4 months. Note short and dysplastic phalanges and the remainings of the postaxial polydactyly type B (arrow)
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The hands showed short and dysplastic phalanges (Fig. 4).
Chest X-ray of patient 13 at the age of 6 months. Note the narrow thorax, short ribs and elevated clavicles
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The chest radiograph showed a narrow thorax with short ribs, highly oriented clavicles, and a CTR of 0.63 (Fig. 5).