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Blount disease

rare

Blount disease is characterized by disturbed growth of the inner portion of the upper tibial extremity, progressively leading to bowlegged deformity with bone angulation just below the knee (tibia varus). In 60% of cases, the condition affects both legs.

Identifiers
MONDO:0017194 Orphanet:2768
Part of
Bent bone dysplasiaOsteochondrodysplasia
Also known as
Blount's disease · Blount-Barber syndrome · Erlacher-Blount syndrome · infantile tibia vara · Osteochondrosis deformans tibiae

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All diseases Rare only

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