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Year : 2013 | Volume
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A case of bilateral tibial hemimelia type VIIa
Selvakumar Chinnakkannan1, Rashmi Ranjan Das2, K Rughmini1, Sufath Ahmed1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Sree Balaji Medical College, Chrompet, Chennai, India 2 Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Rashmi Ranjan Das Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029 India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.112924
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Congenital absence of tibia is a rare anomaly, and may be total or partial, unilateral or bilateral. Total absence is more frequent than partial, unilateral absence occurs more often than bilateral, with right limb more commonly affected than the left. In partial defect, almost always the distal end of the bone is affected, and of the bilateral cases, there may be total absence on both sides, or total on one side and partial on the other. Males are slightly more commonly affected than the females. Though, the family history is usually negative for congenital abnormalities and other diseases, there is a considerable chance of occurrence of congenital defect of the tibia or of other abnormalities, in near or remote relatives. We report a case of newborn having bilateral tibial hemimelia type VIIa. |
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