title: Unusual proximal tibiofibular synostosis.
abstract: Proximal tibiofibular synostosis without multiple hereditary exostosis is extremely rare and only 7 cases have been reported in the literature. All of the previously reported cases accompanied deformities such as distal positioning of the proximal tibiofibular joint, leg length discrepancy, bowing of the fibula, and valgus deformity of the knee. The present case of a 24-year-old man had neither a history of trauma nor deformity around the knee. Therefore, it was suggested that this type of synostosis occurred after epiphyseal plate closure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005360:Fibula / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013580:Synostosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013977:Tibia / Q000473:pathology*