The knee joint in diastrophic dysplasia : A clinical and radiological study

We examined clinically and radiologically the knees of 46 patients (27 females and 19 males) with diastrophic dysplasia. The age of the patients varied from newborn to 38 years. A total of 18 patients was followed during their growth until adolescence. The knees of two legally aborted fetuses appear...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume 1999-07, Vol.81 (4), p.625-631
Hauptverfasser: PELTONEN, J, VAARA, P, MARTTINEN, E, RYÖPPY, S, POUSSA, M
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Zusammenfassung:We examined clinically and radiologically the knees of 46 patients (27 females and 19 males) with diastrophic dysplasia. The age of the patients varied from newborn to 38 years. A total of 18 patients was followed during their growth until adolescence. The knees of two legally aborted fetuses appeared on examination to be macroscopically normal and congruous. Excessive valgus deformity of the tibiofemoral weight-bearing angle with a mean of 14 degrees was noted in infancy. Most of the patients had marked instability of the knees. The range of movement of the knee began to decrease before the age of five years. There were signs of early degeneration and deformation of the bony epiphyses before the age of six years. The patellofemoral joint was abnormal from an early age. A marked patella infera, often associated with a lateral position of the patella with bony fragmentation, was noted. The knee in diastrophic dysplasia is basically unstable, showing early deformation of the subchondral bone and degeneration of the joint.
ISSN:0301-620X
2049-4394
2044-5377
2049-4408
DOI:10.1302/0301-620X.81B4.9370