Thanatophoric dysplasia

Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is a severe and generally lethal skeletal dysplasia presenting in the prenatal period and characterized by micromelia, macrocephaly, narrow thorax, and distinctive facial features. It includes TD, type 1 (TD1) and TD, type 2 (TD2) (see these terms), that can be differentiated from each other by femur and skull shape.

Short femur

An abnormal shortening of the femur.


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Rapid detection of K650E mutation in FGFR3 using uncultured amniocytes in a pregnancy affected with fetal cloverleaf skull, occipital pseudoencephalocele, ventriculomegaly, straight short femurs, and thanatophoric dysplasia type II.
Chen CP, Chang TY, Lin MH, Chern SR, Su JW, Wang W.
Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2013;52(3):420-5.
Rapid detection of K650E mutation in FGFR3 using uncultured amniocytes in a pregnancy affected with fetal cloverleaf skull, occipital pseudoencephalocele, ventriculomegaly, straight short femurs, and thanatophoric dysplasia type II.