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We present an infant with the lethal Ellis–van Creveld syndrome who was diagnosed prenatally from the sonographic detection of a narrow chest, postaxial hexadactyly of the hands and feet, short limbs and a single atrium. The postnatal radiographic features of the skeleton favoured the diagnosis of Verma-Naumoff type or Saldino-Noonan type short rib–polydactyly syndrome (SRPS). We discuss the criteria for the differential diagnosis of patients with SRPS, which can be difficult because of the overlap of the various phenotypes.
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Received: 2 June 1997 Accepted: 3 July 1997
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Horigome, H., Hamada, H., Sohda, S. et al. Prenatal ultrasonic diagnosis of a case of Ellis–van Creveld syndrome with a single atrium. Pediatric Radiology 27, 942–944 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050277
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050277