- See:
Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita:
- Discussion:
- generalized skeletal dysplasia affecting primarily the spine &
epiphyses of the larger, more proximally located joints;
- many patients go unrecognized until the adolescent years when hip pain
or scoliosis develops;
- typically, patients develop hip pain and stiffness in the first or
second decade and are referred to an orthopaedic surgeon because of
bilateral Perthes disease;
- prone to osteoarthritis and coxa magna;
- scoliosis:
- treatment same as idiopathic sciolsis
