[Which films should be taken? Suspicion for congenital skeletal dysplasia (author's transl)].

Clinical signs and roentgenologic alterations are important for classification of congenital skeletal dysplasis. It is summarized which skeletal parts are most important for the roentgenographic determination of bone dysplasia. A minimal survey includes films of the vertebral column (lateral projection of the pelvis, hand, knee and skull (lateral projection). A schematic presentation demonstrates the vertebral column lesions in the most important congenital skeletal dysplasias.