Asymmetric limb lengthening in the treatment of tibial hemimelia caused by osteomyelitis: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Tibial hemimelia is known as a rare congenital lower limb deficiency. It has been classified into different types based on Jones classification, and the traditional treatment of tibial hemimelia is amputation. Here we present a variant and unclassified case of tibial hemimelia, which was caused by osteomyelitis. And the lower limb with tibial hemimelia was salvaged by asymmetric limb lengthening.

Patient concerns

19-year-old girl had the shortened and curved left lower extremity with walking abnormalities.

Diagnosis

The patient's deformity was caused by osteomyelitis of tibia occurred when she was 18 month old. The tibial shaft was absent, while the proximal and distal tibia was present but was hypoplastic with radiographic analysis. The fibula was hypertrop

SUBMITTER: Yu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6370161 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature