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What does hypoplasia mean?

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Noun
  1. underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells
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Common associated findings in this syndrome include rib defects, hypoplasia of the upper extremities, and syndactyly.
It is usually caused by congenital hypoplasia of the abducens nerve or nucleus, but may rarely represent an acquired syndrome.
Patients typically have large calvaria, midface hypoplasia, high-arched eyebrows and hypertelorism.
Ophthalmologic examination with the slit lamp demonstrates the iris pigment defect, as well as retinal hypopigmentation and foveal hypoplasia.
The clinical features include misshapen skull caused by coronal suture synostosis, wide-set eyes, midface hypoplasia, choanal stenosis, and shallow orbits.
At the microscopic level erythroid hyperplasia and myeloid hypoplasia were observed in femur and sternum bone marrow.

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