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Constitutional Short Stature
- Signs
- Delayed Growth and development in either parent (50%)
- Normal birth history
- Normal growth for the first several months
- Absence of organic or psychologic disease
- Discrete interval of severe growth deceleration
- Duration: 1-3 years
- Onset: under age 2 years
- Onset Puberty delayed
- Final height appropriate for genetic height potential
- Radiology: Bone Age Film
- Bone age lags chronological age
Dwarfism (C0013336) | |
|---|---|
| Definition (MSH) | A genetic or pathological condition that is characterized by short stature and undersize. Abnormal skeletal growth usually results in an adult who is significantly below the average height. |
| Definition (CSP) | condition of being undersized as a result of premature arrest of skeletal growth. |
| Concepts | Congenital Abnormality (T019) |
| ICD9 | 259.4 |
| MSH | D004392 |
| English | Constitutional dwarfism, Constitutional short stature, Dwarf, Dwarfism, Nanism, Nanosoma, Nanosomia, Normal dwarf, Physiologic dwarfism, Primordial dwarf, Pure dwarf, RUNTING, Short stature disorder, True dwarfism |
| Spanish | enanismo verdadero, estatura baja constitucional |
| Parent Concepts | Bone Diseases, Developmental (C0005941), Endocrine System Diseases (C0014130), Congenital Abnormality (C0000768), Growth Disorders NEC (C0549569), Genetic Diseases, Inborn (C0950123), Endocrine finding (C0559306), Short stature (C0349588), Dwarfism (C0013336), Disorder of stature (C0342570), Ambiguous concept (C1274012) |
| Sources | COSTAR, CSP, CST, DXP, LCH, MEDLINEPLUS, MSH, MTH, MTHICD9, NCI, NDFRT, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
