Intercostal Space Ossification in a Child with Empyema Thoracis and Rhizomelic Chondrodysplasia Punctata

Abstract

Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterised by symmetric rhizomelic shortening of limbs and skeletal anomalies, dwarfism, microcephaly, micrognathia, cleft palate, ichthyosis, congenital heart disease, seizures, repeated respiratory infections, congenital cataracts, and deafness.[1,2] We report a case of RCDP with empyema thoracis and ossification of intercostal spaces.