Key result
Prenatal ultrasonography successfully detects congenital posteromedial bowing of the leg in two pregnancies.
Why the study?
Congenital posteromedial bowing of the leg is a rare anomaly of unknown etiology with complex differential diagnosis requiring prenatal detection and monitoring.
Case Report (n=2)
Prenatal ultrasonography can detect congenital posteromedial bowing of the leg, allowing for appropriate postnatal monitoring and management planning.
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May inform prenatal counseling and conservative postnatal planning; leaves open validation in larger prospective cohorts.
Congenital posteromedial bowing of the leg was prenatally detected in two pregnancies, at 20 and 31 weeks of gestation. Posteromedial bowing is a rare anomaly of unknown etiology. The prenatal course, monitored by ultrasonography, and the postnatal clinical and radiographic outcomes are discussed and show a complex differential diagnosis. The initial postnatal therapy is conservative. Leg length discrepancy can eventually be treated by lengthening or epiphysiodesis on the contralateral side.
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Zollinger et al. (2000) conducted a case report in Congenital posteromedial bowing of the leg (n=2). Prenatal ultrasonography was evaluated. Prenatal ultrasonography successfully detected congenital posteromedial bowing of the leg in two pregnancies at 20 and 31 weeks of gestation.
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