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12665961

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
We encountered a rare case of bilateral juvenile Blount's disease diagnosed as unilateral at the onset. The patient was a 9-year-old girl who visited our outpatient clinic with pain and deformity in the left knee. Examination of the left knee showed severe varus deformity. Correction of the varus deformity and tibial shortness was carried out at the same time by the callotasis method using an Orthofix external fixator. During follow-up the varus deformity in her right knee gradually progressed. At 18 months after the initial surgery, the right varus deformity and tibial shortness were corrected at the same time by the callotasis method using an Orthofix external fixator; proximal epiphysiodesis was also performed. The coronal-plane alignment of both knees remains good. In cases with bilateral involvement of Blount's disease, the onset of the deformity is usually nearly synchronous. In some cases, however, it begins unilaterally, as with this patient, so it is essential to check both sides by means of tomography or magnetic resonance imaging and not just radiography. Moreover, we must be careful to plan the treatment in such a case so as to anticipate possible leg-length discrepancy problems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0949-2658
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
222-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Juvenile Blount's disease: bilateral case with asynchronous onset.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports