Presentation
Abnormal shape of the chest since birth.
Patient Data
Age: 5 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Cleidocranial dysostosis




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Plain x-ray of the chest and both clavicles
- absent right clavicle
- the left clavicle shows two small hypoplastic separate segments with absent central portion
- bell shaped thorax with narrow upper thoracic diameter
- small relatively high scapulae
Plain x-ray of the cervical spine
- good alignment
- incomplete fusion of the posterior neural elements of the examined vertebrae
- maintained disc spaces
- no bony cervical ribs
- the examined lateral skull view showed multiple wormian bones