page_title: Ellis–van Creveld syndrome
section_title: Signs and symptoms
hierarchical_section_title: Ellis–van Creveld syndrome / Signs and symptoms
caption_attribution_description: Patient with Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome at the age of 5 years showing long narrow chest and shortness of the limbs
context_page_description: Ellis–van Creveld syndrome is a rare genetic disorder of the skeletal dysplasia type.
context_section_description: It involves numerous anomalies including:
  Post-axial polydactyly
  Congenital heart defects (most commonly an atrial septal defect producing a common atrium, occurring in 60% of affected individuals)
  Teeth present at birth (natal teeth)
  Fingernail dysplasia
  Short-limbed dwarfism, mesomelic pattern
  Short ribs
  Cleft palate
  Malformation of the wrist bones (fusion of the hamate and capitate bones).
caption: Patient with Ellis–Van Creveld syndrome at the age of 5 years showing long narrow chest and shortness of the limbs
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