vertebrae

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia

Type

 

Disproportionate dwarfism with a short trunk

 

Problems with dwarfism, spine, vision and hearing

 

Definition

 

Primary involvement of vertebrae & epiphyseal centres of limbs

 

Resulting short-trunk dwarfism

- Limb are short, but trunk is even shorter

 

(cf Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia - Short limbed Dwarf)

 

Types

 

Haemangioma

Definition

 

Hamartomatous proliferation of vascular tissue

 

Epidemiology

 

Commonest tumours in infancy & childhood 

- usually superficial

 

Types

 

Capillary

- majority

- small nodules of capillary sized vessels lined by flattened endothelium

- nodules clumped in lobular pattern

 

Cavernous