A Patient of Short Stature Presents to Your Office with Wrist

question 45

Multiple Choice

A patient of short stature presents to your office with wrist pain, decreased wrist ranges of motion, and bowing deformity of the distal upper extremity. Radiographic examination of the wrist reveals a short radius, elongated ulna, decreased carpal angle, and V-shaped proximal carpal row. Which diagnosis is most likely?

• A) Achondroplasia
• B) Pyknodysostosis
• C) Dyschondrosteosis
• D) Down syndrome
• E) Chondroectodermal dysplasia

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