Zellweger syndrome: prenatal and postnatal growth failure with epiphyseal stippling.

[zellweger syndrome]

Abstract We present a 2 -month -old male affected by Zellweger syndrome , a rare peroxisomal disorder . The diagnosis was supported by clinical and radiological findings and established by biochemical tests . The characteristic radiological features included anomalous ossification (epiphyseal stippling ). We also discuss main differential diagnoses of epiphyseal stippling and a brief literature review .