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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
cavus deformity of the foot (elevated longitudinal arch) due to fixed plantar flexion of the forefoot;
- main type is the cavovarus and less frequent is the cavovarus;
- associated with spinal cerebellar degenerative dz;
- associated...

Summary This syndrome is characterized by telecanthus, hypertelorism, strabismus, pes cavus and variable anomalies. It has been described in a father and his son. The latter also had hypospadias, bilateral inguinal hernia, clinodactyly and camptodactyly of fingers, and radiographic findings including flared metaphyses of long bones and osteopenia.