Skeletal dysplasia: classification, early diagnosis and treatment

Skeletal anomalies with body disproportions have attracted people's attention since ancient times. Attitudes towards those suffering from these malformations varied in different times and among different peoples - from deification (for example, in Ancient Egypt) to rejection and isolation (in Sparta and medieval Europe). In ancient Egypt, Bez, the patron god of children and pregnant women, was depicted as a dwarf with short arms and legs. History has preserved information that the ancient Greek philosopher and fabulist Aesop suffered from disproportionate dwarfism (probably achondroplasia).