NANCE-SWEENEY CHONDRODYSPLASIA - A FURTHER CASE

A 52-year-old male with short stature due to short limbs, a cleft pala te and subcutaneous calcification was described by Nance and Sweeney i n 1970. His parents were consanguineous and two female sibs and two co usins were said to be similarly affected, thus the authors proposed th at this was a previously undescribed recessively inherited chondrodyst rophy. We describe a patient with short stature due to short limbs, su bcutaneous calcification, and a cleft palate with features similar to those described by Nance and Sweeney.