a 7 year old boy with desanctis-cacchione syndrome - xeroderma pigmentosum, microcephaly, mental deficiency, dwarfism and gonadal hypoplasia - will be presented.

ellis-van creveld sydrome (chondroectodermal dysplasia) is a hereditary form of short limb disproportionate dwarfism characterized by diffuse involvement of skeletal system and visceral organs. two brothers affected by this syndrome are presented here following a brief account of the disease's manifestations.

Camptomelic dwarfism or dysplas1a is a rare syndrome in which· short stature is associated with angulation and bowing of the lower limb Long bones, hypoplasia of the facial bones and scapula and various other skeletal and respiratory and nervous system. A 9 day old girl with this syndrome was admitted in our peiatric Department, Loghman Hospital medical center because of Dwarfism and hypotonia....

The conditions of dwarfism and infantilism can be considered together, for although dwarfism is not infrequently found without infantilism the two are more frequently combined. Both represent disturbances in the growth sphere, but whilst in dwarfism the defect is skeletal and limited to the skeleton, in infantilism the retardation of development is general. The term dwarfism implies a defect in...