Tibia Vara (Osteochondrosis Deformans Tibiae, Blount's Disease), Adolescent Type: A Case Report
10.4055/jkoa.1973.8.2.145
- Author:
Young Rai KEYM
;
Myung Chul YOU
;
Kwon Ick HA
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Congenital Abnormalities;
Epiphyses;
Growth Plate;
Humans;
Male;
Osteotomy;
Tibia
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1973;8(2):145-147
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The disease Blount called tibia vara in 1937, is characterized by a failure of growth localized to the postero-medial part of the upper tibial metaphysis and epiphysis. The growth of the epiphyseal cartilage as well as that of the metaphysis and the epiphysis is disturbed, with consequent angulation of the tibia at the upper epiphysis which may, in untreated cases, produce bizarre deformities. Blount described two different types of tibia vara, an infantile type and an adolescent type. Presenting case is an adolescent type. He is 11 year old boy. The deformed tibia is corrected by osteotomy.
