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Three additional cases of focal fibrocartilaginous dysplasia causing tibia vara. 1990

B W Olney, and W G Cole, and M B Menelaus

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Three additional cases of unilateral tibia vara caused by focal fibrocartilaginous dysplasia are reported in children aged 5, 6, and 18 months. These three cases support the conclusion of our original case report that unilateral tibia vara is most likely a progressive deformity, but that documentation of the progression should be obtained before a valgus osteotomy is performed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D010027	Osteotomy	The surgical cutting of a bone. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Osteotomies
D005260	Female		Females
D005357	Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone	A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex by fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).	Osteitis Fibrosa Disseminata,Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia of Bone,Fibrocystic Dysplasia of Bone,Jaffe-Lichtenstein Disease,Bone Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia,Bone Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasias,Bone Fibrocystic Dysplasia,Bone Fibrocystic Dysplasias,Bone Fibrous Dysplasia,Bone Fibrous Dysplasias,Jaffe Lichtenstein Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013977	Tibia	The second longest bone of the skeleton. It is located on the medial side of the lower leg, articulating with the FIBULA laterally, the TALUS distally, and the FEMUR proximally.	Tibias