title: Congenital bony fusion (absence) of the knee: a case report.
abstract: Congenital knee ankylosis is a rare condition which might be accompanied with other abnormalities or not. To our knowledge, there is no report on true bony ankylosis of the knee. The only ones in the literature include fibrous knee ankylosis. Thus this seems to be the first presentation of true congenital bony fusion of the knee joint.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madadi
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kahlaee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarmadi
authors.forename: Fi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madadi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sadeghian
authors.forename: T M M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Emami
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abbasian
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000844:Ankylosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular