Publication: Achondroplasia: Case Report and Review of Literature
Date
2011
Authors
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 224 - 226
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract+
A two month old male child presented to emergency of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan and was admitted to Paediatric ward with history of fever, cough and respiratory distress. On examination the breathing was rapid and shallow. The child was small for age with an upper to lower segment ratio of 1.9. The anteroposterior diameter of thorax was reduced. We report a very rare case of achondroplasia which was recognized in a two month age child who presented with severe pneumonia. Usually the clinically features of achondroplasia is more prominent when the child is growing in height but we diagnosed it in a two months child after performing the skeletal survey.
Description
GS Shah
Additional Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Sciences, Dharan
MK Shrivastava
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Sciences, Dharan
D Shah
Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Sciences, Dharan
N Gupta
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Sciences, Dharan
Keywords
Achondroplasia
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v31i3.5363