Thanatophoric dysplasia is a severe skeketal disorder characterized by extremely short limbs and folds of extra skin on the arms and legs, narrow chest, small ribs and underdeveloped lungs. Affected infants are usually stillborn or die shortly after b...
Thanatophoric dysplasia is a severe skeketal disorder characterized by extremely short limbs and folds of extra skin on the arms and legs, narrow chest, small ribs and underdeveloped lungs. Affected infants are usually stillborn or die shortly after birth from respiratory failure. We experienced a case of thanatophoric dysplasia died shortly after birth from respiratory failure.