ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hypochondroplasia is an osteochondrodysplasia inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern that results in a disproportionately short stature, characteristic facial features and skeletal alterations such as lordosis and genu valgum. Haploinsufficiency of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3) is responsible for 50–70% of the cases, but a negative result doesn’t rule it out.Case presentation: We report a...