congenital dislocation of the knee (cdk) is a rare disorder. we report the case of a 7-year-old girl with bilateral knee stiffness, marked anterior bowing of both legs, and inability to walk without aid. radiologic investigation revealed bilateral knee joint dislocation accompanied by severe anterior bowing of both tibia proximally and posterior bowing of both femur distally, demonstrating a co...

  Congenital dislocation of the knee (CDK) is a rare disorder. We report the case of a 7-year-old girl with bilateral knee stiffness, marked anterior bowing of both legs, and inability to walk without aid. Radiologic investigation revealed bilateral knee joint dislocation accompanied by severe anterior bowing of both tibia proximally and posterior bowing of both femur distally, demonstrating ...

Late presentation of congenital patellar dislocation with advanced osteoarthritis is rare. This article presents a case of 56-year-old woman with advanced osteoarthritis due to right neglected congenital patellar dislocation treated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with release of the lateral retinaculum and proximal extensor mechanism realignment. One year later, the patient had improvement ...

We report our experience with a unilateral congenital dislocation of the knee associated with a developmental dysplasia of the hip on the same side. Our case is a good example of congenital dislocation of the knee caused by abnormal intrauterine pressure leading to this type of congenital postural deformity. To our knowledge this is the first case of congenital dislocation of the knee reported ...

Congenital dislocation of the knee was described by Chatelaine in 1822 (quoted by Shattock 1891) and then by Bord in 1834 (quoted by Forgon and Szentp#{233}tery 1961). It was at first thought to be more common in girls, but in a review of a larger series of cases the sex distribution was found to be equal (Provenzano 1947). Kopits (1925) reviewed 2,393 patients with congenital anomalies and fou...

Congenital knee dislocation is a rare anomaly associated with a variety of neuromuscular diseases and deformities. The etiology of this condition remains unclear, but it is usually associated with a variety of disorders, such as Larsen's syndrome, arthrogryposis, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Down syndrome, and Streeter's dysplasia. It is rarely an isolated entity, and 6...

Congenital dislocation of the knee (CDK) is a rare disorder. We report the case of a 7-year-old girl with bilateral knee stiffness, marked anterior bowing of both legs, and inability to walk without aid. Radiologic investigation revealed bilateral knee joint dislocation accompanied by severe anterior bowing of both tibia proximally and posterior bowing of both femur distally, demonstrating a co...

Congenital dislocation of the knee (CDK), is commonly referred with a variety of names, mainly genum recurvatum of knee, backward bending of the knee, hyperextension of the knee, dislocation of the knee, and recently as developmental dysplasia and dislocation of the knees. Whichever name is used, the typical clinical features in an infant are an abnormal anterior hyperextensive position of eith...