Freeman–Sheldon syndrome

Freeman–Sheldon syndrome
Other namesDistal arthrogryposis type 2A (DA2A), craniocarpotarsal dysplasia, craniocarpotarsal dystrophy, cranio-carpo-tarsal syndrome, whistling face–windmill vane hand syndrome
SpecialtyMedical genetics 

Freeman–Sheldon syndrome (FSS) is a very rare form of multiple congenital contracture (MCC) syndromes (arthrogryposes) and is the most severe form of distal arthrogryposis (DA). It was originally described by Ernest Arthur Freeman and Joseph Harold Sheldon in 1938.: 577 

As of 2007, only about 100 cases had been reported in medical literature.

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