Abstract
ABSTRACT : BACKGROUND: A 13 years old girl from north of Iraq, presented with gross deformity of her back & difficulty in walking& then progressive difficulty in breathing. A thoracic scoliotic deformity with rib hump obvious on her back, it is a case report of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasis(SED) with primary involvement of the vertebrae & epiphyseal centers all over the body. AIM OF THE STUDY: To present a very rare case of (SED), including the deformities& the complications that can be presented with it. METHOD: Examining & survying a 13 years old Iraqi female from north of Iraq. RESULTS: A thoracic scoliotic deformity was found& became more obvious on bending foreword, also rib hump on the right side.Both hips in fixed flexion deformity & limitation of abduction. DISCUSSION: In SEDT the vertebral bodies are malformed& flattened, 1st described by Nilssone (1924).Wynne-Davies& Gormley(1985) estimated the prevalence to be 1 per 100.000 in a Scottish population.
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Al-Obidi, Dawood Sadik.
(2008)
"Spondyloepiphysial Dysplasia,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 16.
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol7/iss1/16