Congenital Absence of the Fibula

Congenital absence of the fibula and craniosynostosis in sibs.

Case 1. The propositus was born in 1965, the first child of healthy young Greek parents who were second cousins; the father was 28 and the mother 19 at his birth. The pregnancy was notable for excessive vomiting throughout for which antacids and an unknown antinauseant were taken. The gestation period and delivery were normal. The main clinical features are listed in Table I. The craniosynostos...

Congenital absence of femur and fibula. Report of two cases.

Congenital deficiency of the fibula.

Ninety-seven limbs, in eighty-one patients, with a diagnosis of congenital deficiency of the fibula have been reviewed. A classification was devised to distinguish the minimal hypoplasia of the fibula (Type I) from the well-known complete absence (Type II). Congenital anomalies of the femur were present in 76 per cent of patients with Type I deficiency and in 59 per cent with Type II. The short...

The natural history and management of congenital short tibia with dysplasia or absence of the fibula.

Forty-three patients with unilateral congenital short tibia with partial or complete absence of the fibula are reviewed. The factors influencing the degree of leg shortening at maturity are considered. Serial radiographic measurements of leg length in fourteen patients covering an average observation period of 9-3 years support the hypothesis that the relative difference in growth between the t...

Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Coronary Artery

Congenital absence of left circumflex artery is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary arteries. The prevalence of the anomaly in different studies ranges from 0.6% to 1.3%. Of these, 80% are benign and asymptomatic and 20% are clinically important. We report a 56-year-old man presented with acute resting chest pain who was diagnosed as having acute anterolateral infarction accompanied by el...