A rare association of deformities with diplopodia, aplasia of the tibia and double fibula: A case report

INTRODUCTION: The association of fibular duplication with metatarsal diplopodia is extremely rare with only a few cases reported in the medical literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a 4-month-old girl with left tibial agenesis with fibular duplication (mirror foot) and metatarsal diplopodia. CON...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Khan, Shah Alam, Kumar, Ashok, Varhney, Manish Kumar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18394194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-102
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: The association of fibular duplication with metatarsal diplopodia is extremely rare with only a few cases reported in the medical literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a 4-month-old girl with left tibial agenesis with fibular duplication (mirror foot) and metatarsal diplopodia. CONCLUSION: The case report highlights the need for an understanding of this rare congenital anomaly which may be seen only once in the working lifetime of an orthopaedic surgeon.

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