TY  - JOUR
T1  - COngenital contractural arachnodactyly
AU  - BEAN MW
Y1  - 1979/10/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130100103022
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 1079
EP  - 1079
VL  - 133
IS  - 10
N2  - Sir.—I read with interest the article in the Journal (133:639-640, 1979) concerning congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) as I have also studied a case diagnosed at birth. As a matter of record, the patient was born Oct 17, 1977, and was recognized at that time as having most of the features as described in the syndrome of CCA. The more outstanding ones were the extremely long digits that did have flexion contractures, and the crumpled antihelix of the ear. This particular child did evidence scoliosis at about 2 months of age. At 9 months of age, she underwent a procedure for spinal fusion and since that time has done quite well in a polypropylene mold. As you may have anticipated, I am curious as to the date of birth of the case reported by our colleagues, Drs Ho and Khoo.I reviewed the roentgenograms with a radiologist, and we found
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130100103022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130100103022
ER  -