Prenatal Diagnosis of Skeletal Dysplasia and Review of the Literature

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Immediate postdelivery of the female baby at 34 weeks. (a) Showing flat back and spine with dimpling over the sacral region (b) Shows enlarged head (head circumference = 35 cm), small thoracic region (chest circumference (24 cm), and enlarged abdomen (abdominal circumference (30 cm). (c) Bilateral shortening of upper and lower limbs, bowed thighs and legs (femur length (left = 4.5 cm, right = 4.5 cm), foot length (left = 4 cm, right = 4 cm), and short stubby fingers. (d) Section of the lung shows reduced dilated alveolar spaces with thickened congested capillary walls as well as hyperplastic arterioles with duplicated concentric media and narrowing of the lumen; features are suggestive of pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary arterial hypertension (medial hypertrophy stage I).

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