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

Location: http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/18/4/314.pdf

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...
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Case 3 Developmental Coxa Vara.

Location: http://gait.aidi.udel.edu/res695/homepage/pd_ortho/educate/clincase/coxavara.htm

DEVELOPMENTAL COXA VARA
* also known as cervical or infantile coxa vara * represents coxa vara not present at birth but rather developing in early childhood * coxa vara is defined as any decrease in the femoral neck-shaft angle less than...
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Congenital Coxa Vara eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic474.htm

Coxa vara includes all forms of decrease of the femoral neck shaft angle to less than 120-135°. This condition has many etiologies: congenital, acquired, and developmental. Congenital coxa vara (CCV), also referred to as infantile or cervical coxa vara, is a condition in which a varus deformity exists that is...
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Cox Vara GFMER

Location: http://www.gfmer.ch/genetic_diseases_v2/gendis_detail_list.php?cat3=85

Clinical features: deformity of the hip in which the angle between the neck and shaft of the femur is decreased [Inheritance: autosomal dominant] Illustrations and links
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Coxa Vara

Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/coxa_vara_and_acquired_coxa_vara

- decreased neck shaft angle from defect in ossification of femoral neck;
- it is bilateral in 1/3 to 1/2 of cases;
- it can be congenital (noted at birth & differenitated from CDH by MRI), ...
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