Congenital Manus Vara

Infantile tibia vara.

Familial infantile coxa vara.

Case 1-A man of thirty-six sought advice because he had wrenched his left hip while cycling. He had had previous trouble with his hips from the age of eighteen, but the attacks of pain were infrequent and settled rapidly. He worked as a brewery manager with little difficulty. Four years before he attended he had had a piece of bone removed from the right knee for osteochondritis. Figure 1 shows...

Bilateral extensor digitorum brevis manus.

Dorsal wrist pain and swelling is commonly attributed to a dorsal wrist ganglion. However, based on the authors' experience, a cautious surgeon should keep the uncommonly symptomatic diagnosis of an extensor digitorum brevis manus in their differential despite classic ganglion presentation and suggestive advanced imaging. This article describes a case of a young patient who presented with bilat...

Infantile coxa vara.

Infantile or developmental coxa vara is a relatively infrequent localised dysplasia of unknown etiology which usually presents in the second or third year of life soon after the child begins walking. The clinical and radiological picture is usually characteristic especially when seen early. Early surgery leads to a satisfactory outcome. However, difficulty arises in diagnosis and treatment when...

Observations on infantile coxa vara.

In 1907 Elmslie suggested that in some cases of congenital coxa vara without other abnormalities injury at birth might perhaps be one factor. He described accurately the cervical breach in infantile coxa vara with the typical metaphysial wedge included in the proximal fragment, and pointed out that there was often a clear history of injury. In 1913 he described thirty-four cases of the infantil...