Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Hypermobility Type: An Underdiagnosed Hereditary Connective Tissue Disorder with Mucocutaneous, Articular, and Systemic Manifestations

Table 5

Morphologic and orthopedic features of JHS/ED-HT.

Feature
Leptosomic built or true Marfanoid habitus
Dorsal hyperkyphosis
Lumbar hyperlordosis
Scoliosis of mild degree
Fixed subluxation of the costochondral; and/or sternoclavicular joints
Fixed dorsal subluxation of the distal radioulnar joint
Fixed subluxation of the first carpometacarpal joint
Cubitus valgus
Femur anteversion^1
Patella alta or baja
Genuum valgum
Flexible flatfoot
Hallux valgus
High-arched/narrow palate
Facial asymmetry of mild degree (likely secondary to deformational plagiocephaly)

¹Intoeing, kissing rotulae, and “W” position of the lower limbs at sitting.