6. Tibial Bowing Flashcards
1
Q
A
NF-1
May be unilateral. May have hypoplastic fibula with pseudoarthrosis
2
Q
Foot Deformities
A
Posterior bowing
3
Q
NF-1
A
AnteroLateral - Unilateral
4
Q
Physiologic bowing
A
Lateral Bilatera Symmetric
Self limiting between 18 months and 2 years.
5
Q
A
Rickets
Fraying of the metaphyses and widening of the growth plates.
Seen best in “fast growing bones” - knee, wrist
6
Q
Rickets
A
Lateral
7
Q
Hypophosphatasia
A
Lateral
“Rickets in a newborn”
8
Q
Blount
A
Tibial Vara - Often asymmetric
Early walking, Fat, black kid.
Proximal tibia posteromedial physeal growth disturbance resulting in deformity
9
Q
Osteogenesis imperfecta
A
Involves all long bones
10
Q
Dwarfs
A
Short Limbs
