Two children presenting with a mild form of Morquio's syndrome are reported. Clinically, there was a characteristic brevity of the trunk and slit lamp examination showed discrete corneal opacities. On X-ray films, generalized plastyspondylia was moderate but it was associated with hypoplasia of the
Brachyolmia refers to a form of skeletal dysplasia characterized by general platyspondyly without significant epiphyseal, metaphyseal or diaphyseal changes in long bones. Three, possibly four, types of brachyolmia have been defined: Type I-Hobaeck-Toledo type. Type II-Maroteaux and Type III. We