Coarse Facial Features, Short Stature, Spinal Deformity
Case History: Skeletal survey for coarse facial features, short stature, spinal deformity in male child of normal intelligence.
Case History: A male child of normal intelligence belonging to a nonconsanguineous marriage was sent to the radiology department for skeletal survey in view of coarse facial features, short stature, and spinal deformity.
Male child of normal intelligence belonging to a nonconsanguineous marriage.
Figure 1. AP radiograph of the hand showing bullet-shaped metacarpals and slanting distal growth plates of the radius and ulna.
Figure 2. Lateral radiograph of the skull showing frontal bossing and J-shaped sella.
Figure 3. Lateral radiograph of the spine showing platyspondyly with central beaking of the vertebral bodies.
Diagnosis: Morquio syndrome
Patients with Morquio syndrome do not develop mental retardation.
Differential diagnoses: Hurler's syndrome and other mucopolysaccharidosis
