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Unequal Limb Length

MedGen UID:
99216
•Concept ID:
C0494930
•
Anatomical Abnormality

Definition

Discrepancy between the lengths of the lower or upper extremities. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVUnequal Limb Length

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Long-term medical outcomes in survivors of extra-ocular retinoblastoma: the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) experience.
Friedman DN, Sklar CA, Oeffinger KC, Kernan NA, Khakoo Y, Marr BP, Wolden SL, Abramson DH, Dunkel IJ
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013 Apr;60(4):694-9. Epub 2012 Aug 21 doi: 10.1002/pbc.24280. PMID: 22911631
Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy for coxa vara of Bucholz-Ogden Types II and III in patients older than 30 years.
Bartoníček J, Vávra J
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2011 Sep;131(9):1211-7. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1007/s00402-011-1278-5. PMID: 21331545

Diagnosis

Long-term medical outcomes in survivors of extra-ocular retinoblastoma: the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) experience.
Friedman DN, Sklar CA, Oeffinger KC, Kernan NA, Khakoo Y, Marr BP, Wolden SL, Abramson DH, Dunkel IJ
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013 Apr;60(4):694-9. Epub 2012 Aug 21 doi: 10.1002/pbc.24280. PMID: 22911631

Therapy

Long-term medical outcomes in survivors of extra-ocular retinoblastoma: the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) experience.
Friedman DN, Sklar CA, Oeffinger KC, Kernan NA, Khakoo Y, Marr BP, Wolden SL, Abramson DH, Dunkel IJ
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013 Apr;60(4):694-9. Epub 2012 Aug 21 doi: 10.1002/pbc.24280. PMID: 22911631

Prognosis

Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy for coxa vara of Bucholz-Ogden Types II and III in patients older than 30 years.
Bartoníček J, Vávra J
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2011 Sep;131(9):1211-7. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1007/s00402-011-1278-5. PMID: 21331545

Clinical prediction guides

Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy for coxa vara of Bucholz-Ogden Types II and III in patients older than 30 years.
Bartoníček J, Vávra J
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2011 Sep;131(9):1211-7. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1007/s00402-011-1278-5. PMID: 21331545
Dysspondylochondromatosis.
Freisinger P, Finidori G, Maroteaux P
Am J Med Genet 1993 Feb 15;45(4):460-4. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320450413. PMID: 8465851

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