Achondroplasia

A form of chondrodysplasia, characterized by rhizomelia, exaggerated lumbar lordosis, brachydactyly, and macrocephaly with frontal bossing and midface hypoplasia.

Micrognathia

Developmental hypoplasia of the mandible.


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PMID (PMCID)
3661058
 MALE Child
Reversibility of deficient sleep entrained growth hormone secretion in a boy with achondroplasia and obstructive sleep apnea.
Goldstein SJ, Wu RH, Thorpy MJ, Shprintzen RJ, Marion RE, Saenger P.
Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1987;116(1):95-101.
Obstructive sleep apnea occurs with craniofacial syndromes and in children with airway narrowing, pharyngeal hypoplasia, tonsillar adenoidal hypertrophy, micrognathia and achondroplasia.