Blount's disease: a lesser known cause of bowlegs mandating early differentiation from physiological bowing.
We present a 16-month-old child, with progressively increasing bowing of legs, having a normal serum calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase level; lower limb radiographs revealed bilateral medial tibial metaphyseal beaking. Based on these findings, a diagnosis of Blount's disease (infantile tibia vara) was made and an orthotic management program was instituted for the child.
Jain
Neemisha
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Department of Pediatrics, Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
Narain
Sunil
S
Gupta
Arun Kumar
AK
Nag
H L
HL
Kabra
S K
SK
D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013977:Tibia / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016896:Treatment Outcome