Dyschondrosteosis
I would be interested in making contact
with anyone familiar with the following linked medical conditions
:-dyschondrosteosis,mesomelic dwarfism and Madelung wrist deformity all a
sub-set of the general group of skeletal dysplasias.My interest is being related
to a family with these manifestations through the generations .I could find
medical references on the net but nothing about the more sociological aspects of
these conditions so have placed this page into the internet realm.It was only in
the 1970s it would appear that the researchers put a genetic link to these ,at
first sight,unrelated effects.Previous medical terms for dyschondrosteosis or
similar looking conditions were manus valga,carpus curvus,congenital dislocation
of the wrist,late rickets of the wrist,progressive subluxation of the
wrist,progressive idiopathic curvature of the radius,adolescent
club-hand,carpo-cyfose,cubitolisthesis,manus furca,gabelhand,radius brevior
,dyschondroplasia of the inferior radial epiphysis,adolescent rickets,carpal
dysmorphosis,carpal kyphosis,carpoficiosis,radius brevior,radius
parvus,radiovolar bayonet deformity,chondrosteodysplasia.For anyone of a
sensitive nature all the listed references below do not cary reference to some
of the more gross deformations and fatal conditions that a keyword search on
Medline and Omim medical search engines inevitably turn up.It would appear there
was a flurry of publications in the 1960s and 70s and little since,it is my
conjecture that dyschondrosteosis is a medical curiosity with little or no
requirement for surgical or other interventions and that since the eighties
there has been no research money available for what may be considered a cosmetic
condition.
Nigel Cook
Contact details are:-
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Address
and telephone number are my business address (not related to the subject of this
page in any way ).
postal address:-
St
Denys
Southampton
Hants
ENGLAND
Telephone number - the same number as it has been since 1988
but email is now the preferred method of contact so number deliberately not placed here.
I devote time each day to replying to emails.
Published Research in the Public Domain
American Journ. Dis Child.
132,1978,p1037
Acta Radiol. Diag. 11,1971,p459
Clinical Pediatrics
1972,p281
Italian J. Orth. Trauma. 1975,p141
Am. J. Roent. 1965,Vol
95/1,p178
J. Bone Joint Surgery V58B,p350
J. Med. Genet.
1980,17,p41
Radiology 93,1969,p1037
Am. J. D.C 120,1970,p329
J.
Pediatr. 68,No3,1966,p432
Am. J. D .C. November 1971
Annals of Surgery
1938,p421
Clin. Orthop 1976,May,No116,p24
Brit. J. Radiol.
47,1974,p634
Text book :Congenital Deformities of the Hand and Forearm by H.
Kelikian ,chapter22
The above periodicals were on the shelves of the
teaching library of Southampton General Hospital with open public access.Similar
collections of medical research periodicals are brobably at other teaching
hospitals in the UK.