A new form of rhizo-mesomelic dwarfism in an 8 1/2-year-old gypsy Slov
akian girl is reported. This patient shows some superficial similarity
to patients with Robinow syndrome. However, different facies, normal
external genitalia and absence of radiographic abnormalities character
istic of Robinow syndrome (malsegmentation of the spine and ribs, shor
t, small tubular bones and bifid terminal phalanges) as well as mesome
lic hypoplastic/dysplastic changes in the forearm bones allow us to se
parate this disorder as a distinctive entity.