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Pelvic bone abnormalities in mucolipidosis II

Early manifestations of pelvic bone abnormalities are shown on anterior-posterior x-rays of the pelvis of a 13-day-old mucolipidosis II patient compared to an age-related healthy control. The basis of the os ilium in the patient is hypoplastic, and the acetabulum is shallow and dysplastic. (Source: Oussoren E, Wagenmakers MA, Link B, et al. Hip disease in mucopolysaccharidoses and mucolipidoses: a review of mechanisms, interventions and future perspectives. Bone 2021;143:115729. Image edited by Douglas J Lanska MD MS MSPH to exclude cases with mucopolysaccharidoses that were included in the original figure. Creative Commons Attribution [CC BY] license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)