Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Beals syndrome (congenital contractural arachnodactly) is an autosomal dominant syndrome  that was first reported by Beals and Hecht in 1971. It is a type of hereditary bone dysplasia with arachnodactyly. The disorder which lacks the ocular and cardiovascular complications of Marfan syndrome results from a mutation in the FBN2 gene.