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Blount’s disease: A lesser known cause of bowlegs mandating early differentiation from physiological bowing

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We present a 16-month-old child, with progressively increasing bowing of legs, having a normal serum calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase level; lower limb radiographs revealed bilateral medial tibial metaphyseal beaking. Based on these findings, a diagnosis of Blount’s disease (infantile tibia vara) was made and an orthotic management program was instituted for the child.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, 110 029, New Delhi, India

    Neemisha Jain, Sunil Narain, Arun Kumar Gupta, H L Nag &  S K Kabra (Additional Professor)

  2. Department of Pediatrics Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

    Neemisha Jain, Sunil Narain, Arun Kumar Gupta, H L Nag &  S K Kabra (Additional Professor)

  3. Department of Pediatrics Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

    Neemisha Jain, Sunil Narain, Arun Kumar Gupta, H L Nag &  S K Kabra (Additional Professor)

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Jain, N., Narain, S., Gupta, A.K. et al. Blount’s disease: A lesser known cause of bowlegs mandating early differentiation from physiological bowing. Indian J Pediatr 69, 189–191 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859385

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