Léri-Weill, syndrome

[MIM 127 300]

(dyschondrosteosis, Leri pleonosteosis)

Predominantly female skeletal dysplasia caused by a mutation (autosomal dominant transmission) of the  SHOX gene on Xp22.33 or the SHOXY gene on Yp11.32. Curved radius, mesomelic dwarfism and Madelung wrist deformity (see this term). 


Anesthetic implications: 

short stature


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Updated: February 2019