Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome is a rare genetic disease representing dwarfism. It is also commonly known as Ellis-Van Creveld Dysplasia and chondroectodermal dysplasia. Other variations such as “six-fingered dwarfism” have been considered an offensive label to the condition. Incidents of this condition dates back to the 1940’s when two doctors, Richard W. B. Ellis and Simon van Creveld shared patients with similar characteristics and published their findings of the disease, which they named after them. This syndrome has been reported several times in the Amish population.
