Congenital Deficiency of the Femoral Head
10.4055/jkoa.1980.15.1.193
- Author:
Moon Sang CHUNG
;
Doo Soon KIM
;
Woo Ku JUNG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Classification;
Head;
Hip
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1980;15(1):193-196
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD) in early infancy is characteristic by quite shortening of the tight segment, flexed, abducted and externally rotated position In assciation with a stable hip which Is freely mobile. Authors experienced a case with the congenital deficiency of the femoral head. The case showed the normal femoral segment and no any other bony anomalies which cannot be Included in Aitkens or Amstutz's classification.
