[Isolated bilateral dysplasia of the hip in children].
BACKGROUND
Dysplasia epiphysealis capitis femoris is not well-known despite its relative frequency; its prognosis is difficult to predict.


METHODS
Twenty children (19 boys and one girl) aged 2.5 to 7 years at diagnosis were included in the study. They had delayed capitis femoris apparition, or a fragmentation of dysplastic capitis femoris. The prognosis remained poor in 13 patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Most authors consider that prognosis of this disease is always favorable. We failed to find early prognostic criteria; radiological findings valuable for prognosis are only present after 3 to 6 years.


CONCLUSIONS
Early new imaging techniques have to be evaluated before considering impossibility to foresee the evolution.
Service de pédiatrie et unité CNRS ER 88, centre hospitalier, Arras, France.
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Vincent-Delorme
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Maroteaux
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography
Les dysplasies bilatérales isolées de la hanche chez l'enfant.