Jeune syndrome

asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy

[MIM*208500] hereditary hypoplasia of the thorax, associated with pelvic skeletal abnormality. Synonym(s): asphyxiating thoracic chondrodystrophy, asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia, Jeune syndrome, thoracic-pelvic-phalangeal dystrophy

as·phyx·i·a·ting thor·a·cic dys·tro·phy

(as-fik'sē-āt-ing thōr-as'ik dis'trŏ-fē) Hereditary hypoplasia of the thorax, associated with pelvic skeletal abnormality.
Synonym(s): Jeune syndrome.

Jeune syndrome

(zhen) [Mathis Jeune, Fr. pediatrician, b. 1910] A rare autosomal recessive form of dwarfism, accompanied by severe narrowing of the thoracic skeleton. Synonym: asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy

Jeune,

Mathis, French pediatrician, 1910–. Jeune syndrome - hereditary hypoplasia of the thorax, associated with pelvic skeletal abnormality. Synonym(s): asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia