title: Plastic femoral deformity in a 9-year-old Boy.
abstract: We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who sustained a closed middiaphyseal plastic femoral deformation after a motor vehicle accident. The patient was treated nonoperatively with protected weightbearing to the involved extremity. Although he showed symptomatic improvement at early and intermediate followups, the patient did not show radiographic evidence of substantial injury remodeling and was left with a persistent anatomic valgus deformity 19 months postinjury. We were unable to identify prior reports of femoral plastic deformation in a child.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. matthew-lavery@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lavery
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Annunziato
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amendola
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D002648:Child; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology