An unusual cause of a limp in a child Developmental Coxa Vara

Description: Coxa vara is a varus deformity of the femoral neck with a decrease in the angle between the neck and shaft of femur, which is normally between 135–145° in children. It may be con- genital, developmental in which symptoms appear during early childhood when walking is star ted or acquired secondar y to an underlying metabolic, neoplastic or traumatic cause.
Lam et al Emerg Med J 2001;18:314