Weissenbacher- Zweymuller syndrome

Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome (WZS) is characterized by short stature at birth, neonatal micrognathia, cleft palate, rhizomelic chondrodysplasia with 'dumbbell' shaped arm and leg bones, hypertelorism and vertebral coronal clefts.

Platyspondyly

A flattened vertebral body shape with reduced distance between the vertebral endplates.


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PMID (PMCID)
18950500
(2579916)
OTHER
Significant ophthalmoarthropathy associated with ectodermal dysplasia in a child with Marshall-Stickler overlap: a case report.
Al Kaissi A, Ganger R, Klaushofer K, Grill F.
Cases J. 2008;1(1):270.
Radiological examination at birth revealed coronal clefts of the vertebrae, platyspondyly, and flaring of the metaphyses of the long bones (features suggestive of the Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome).