Table 3.
Dysplasias with involvement of appendicular skeleton
| Type of shortening | Examples | Location of abnormality | Examples |
| Rhizomelic | Achondroplasia Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita | Epiphyseal | Chondrodysplasia punctata Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia |
| Mesomelic | Mesomelic dysplasia | Metaphyseal | Achondroplasia Chondroectodermal dysplasia |
| Acromelic | Acrodysostosis | Diaphyseal | Progressive diaphyseal dysplasia |
| Micromelic | Achondrogenesis | Combination | Spondylo-epimetaphyseal dysplasia Metatropic dysplasia Mucopolysaccharidoses |