title: Tibial bowing exacerbated by partial premature epiphyseal closure in sex-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.
abstract: Two girls with sex-linked hypophosphatemic rickets are described in whom premature fusion of the medial proximal tibial epiphyseal plate exacerbated lower-extremity bowing. Early recognition of this complication and appropriate surgical intervention--excision of the bony bridge in the growth plate, or epiphysiodesis of the still open portion of the growth plate--might prevent further shortening or deformity of the affected limb.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*