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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Anatomical > Torsion Abnormality > Bone Anteversion > Coxa Vara
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Malalignment > Bone Anteversion > Coxa Vara

Preferred term

Coxa Vara  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Coxa Varus
  • Varus, Coxa

Scope note

  • Hip deformity in which the femoral neck leans forward resulting in a decrease in the angle between femoral neck and its shaft. It may be congenital often syndromic, acquired, or developmental.

History note

  • 2012

In other languages

  • coxa vara

    Finnish

  • Coxa vara

    Swedish

  • Coxa vara infantum
  • Förvärvad coxa vara
  • Medfödd coxa vara

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D060905

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