Imaging features of lower limb malformations above the foot.
Lower limb malformations are generally isolated or sporadic events. However, they are sometimes associated with other anomalies of the bones and/or viscera in patients with constitutional syndromes or disorders of the skeleton. This paper reviews the main imaging features of these abnormalities, which generally exhibit a broad spectrum. This paper focuses on several different bone malformations: proximal focal femoral deficiency, congenital short femur and femoral duplication for the femur, tibial hemimelia (aplasia/hypoplasia of the tibia) and congenital bowing for the tibia, fibular hemimelia (aplasia/hypoplasia) for the fibula, and aplasia, hypoplasia and congenital dislocation for the patella.
Service de Radiopédiatrie, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Université de Lille 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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Bergère
Service de Radiopédiatrie, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Université de Lille 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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Amzallag-Bellenger
Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Musculosquelettique, Centre de Consultation et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur, Université de Lille 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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Lefebvre
Service de Génétique Clinique, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Université de Lille 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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Dieux-Coeslier
Clinique de Chirurgie et Orthopédie de l'Enfant, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Université de Lille 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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Mezel
Clinique de Chirurgie et Orthopédie de l'Enfant, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Université de Lille 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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Herbaux
Service de Radiopédiatrie, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Université de Lille 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France. Electronic address: nboutry@gmail.com.
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Boutry
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D038061:Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography
Congenital morphological abnormalities of the lower limb; Femur; Fibula; Patella; Tibia