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Bifurcation of long tubular bones

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Five cases of bifurcation of long tubular bones, 2 on the lower and 3 the upper extremity, are described. In all cases they were accompanied by severe adjacent skeletal defects. If the proximal part of the bone was bifurcated the skeletal defect was observed proximally from this anomaly, if the distal bone end was forked than bones were missing distally from the bifurcation. In some early observations and a unique case with double epiphysis the shape of the anomalous branches of the bifurcation supported the theory of ectopic bone formation.

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Fünf Fälle von Gabelung langer Röhrenknochen, 2 davon an der unteren and 3 an der oberen Extremität, werden beschrieben. In allen Fällen konnten schwere Skelettdefekte neben der Gabelung beobachtet werden; bei einer Bifurkation des proximalen Knochenendes, proximal des betreffenden Knochens und bei einer Gabelung des distalen Knochenendes distal von diesem. Die Form der Äste der Bifurkation in einigen Beobachtungen and ein einziger Fall mit Doppelepiphyse unterstützten die Theorie einer ektopischen Knochenentwicklung.

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The author is indebted to Dr. K. Aszódi for preparing the histologic section

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Lénárt, G. Bifurcation of long tubular bones. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 97, 165–167 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389722

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