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Differential Diagnosis: of Limb Length Deformity


- Avascular Necrosis - Congenital angulation shortening - Congenital coxa vara - Congenital short femur - DDH - Diaphyseal fractures - Hemiatrophy - Hemiparetic cerebral palsy - Hemiatrophy (anisomelia) - Hemihypertrophy: - Hemangioma - Neurofibromatosis - Lipomatosis - Lymphangioma - Infantile septic arthritis of the hip - Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: - Legg-Perthes disease - Ollier's disease (enchondromatosis) - Poliomyelitis - in first half of this century, poliomyelitis was most common cause of discrepancies in the length of the lower extremities. - Proximal femoral focal deficiency;



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.