Case report spondyloepiphysial dysplasia

ABSTRACT

A 13 years old girl from north of Iraq, presented with gross deformity of her back and difficulty in walking and 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 and epiphyseal centers all over the body. To present a very rare case of [SED], including the deformities and the complications that can be presented with it. Examining and survying a 13 years old Iraqi female from north of Iraq. A thoracic scoliotic deformity was found and became more obvious on bending foreword, also rib hump on the right side.Both hips in fixed flexion deformity and limitation of abduction. In SEDT the vertebral bodies are malformed and flattened, 1[st] described by Nilssone [1924].Wynne-Davies and Gormley[1985] estimated the prevalence to be 1 per 100.000 in a Scottish population