Blount's disease: The importance of early diagnosis and early treatment

Ioannis Delniotis; Benedikt Leidinger; Aikaterini Kyriakou; Nikiforos Galanis

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2214

Blount's disease: The importance of early diagnosis and early treatment

Clin Case Rep. 2019 May 20;7(7):1454-1455. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2214. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Authors

Ioannis Delniotis^{1

2}, Benedikt Leidinger², Aikaterini Kyriakou³, Nikiforos Galanis¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics Papageorgiou General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.
² Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics - Foot & Ankle Surgery Orthopaedic Clinic Volmarstein Wetter (Ruhr) Germany.
³ 2nd Department of Dermatology Papageorgiou General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.

Abstract

The purpose of this image is to raise awareness of the early diagnosis and treatment of Blount's disease. Failure to distinguish between physiologic genu varum and early onset of Blount's disease can lead to irreversible outcomes, including progressive deformity with gait deviations, limb-length discrepancy, and premature arthritis of the knee.

Keywords: Blount's disease; early diagnosis; early treatment; genu varum.