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Beals syndrome (Congenital contractural arachnodactyly Beals-Hecht syndrome) is a rare congenital connective tissue disorder. Beals syndrome has only recently been described as a syndrome distinct from Marfan’s Syndrome. It was characterized in 1972.It is associated with FBN2.It is caused by a mutation in FBN2 gene on chromosome 5q23. Contractures of varying degrees at birth mainly involving the large joints are present in all affected children.