Diastrophic dwarfism

A rare disorder marked by short stature with short extremities (final adult height is 120cm +/- 10cm), and joint malformations leading to multiple joint contractures (principally involving the shoulders, elbows, interphalangeal joints and hips).

Tetraplegia

Paralysis of all four limbs, and trunk of the body below the level of an associated injury to the spinal cord. The etiology of quadriplegia is similar to that of paraplegia except that the lesion is in the cervical spinal cord rather than in the thoracic or lumbar segments of the spinal cord.


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PMID (PMCID)
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Cervical spine surgery in patients with diastrophic dysplasia: Case report with long-term follow-up.
Jasiewicz B, Potaczek T, Duda S, Tsiorowski M.
J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2015;6(4):216-8.
Cervical kyphosis in diastrophic dysplasia (DTD) is a very dangerous deformity which may lead to compression of neural structures resulting in tetraplegia or even.