Open AccessCorrections of diverse forms of lower limb deformities in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (Morquio syndrome)
Author(s) -
Ali Al Kaissi,
Vladimir Kenis,
Evgenii V. Melchenko,
Maher Ben Ghachem,
Robert Csepan,
Franz Grill,
G. Rudolf
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.182563
Subject(s) - genu valgum , medicine , coxa vara , mucopolysaccharidosis , osteotomy , dysplasia , short stature , surgery , femur
Thoracolumbar kyphosis has been considered as the first presenting deformity and is often a key diagnostic clue noted in children with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type IV (Morquio's syndrome). However, we observed that the progressive irregularities of the epiphyses of the long bones were the most prominent skeletal pathology, causing effectively the development of diverse forms of lower limbs deformities with extreme variation in age of onset.