This document provides an overview of common congenital and developmental anomalies of the upper and lower limbs. It begins with terminology used to classify anomalies and then describes several common upper limb anomalies including polydactyly, syndactyly, trigger thumb, radial deficiencies, and radioulnar synostosis. For the lower limbs, it discusses developmental dysplasia of the hip, Legg-Calve-Perthes syndrome, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, congenital knee dislocations, tibial and fibular deficiencies, foot deformities, metatarsus adductus, calcaneovalgus, flatfoot, congenital vertical talus, tarsal coalition, and clubfoot. Treatment approaches are provided
22. Congenital Trigger Thumb
Not same as adult trigger thumb / finger
Stenosing tenosynovitis of FPL tendon
Flexion contracture > Triggering of IP joint
Flexor tendon nodule over the metacarpal
head (Notta's nodule)
DDx
◦ fracture or dislocation of the thumb
◦ congenital loss of the extensor tendon
◦ arthrogryposis or CP
23. Congenital Trigger Thumb
30% of children will recover
spontaneously in 9-12
months
* surgery if not resolved by
12 months of age
24. Congenital Deficiency of Radius
“Radial Club Hand”
differing degrees of
shortening or absence
Association
◦ VATER
◦ VACTERL
◦ Holt Oram syndrome
◦ TAR syndrome
◦ Fanconi's anemia
Investigate associate
anomalies
- CBC + Plt count
- Echocardiogram
- Renal Ultrasound
- UGI study
25. Congenital Deficiency of Radius
Treatment options
Passive stretching
Centralization
Pollicization
Consider
Function > Cosmesis
26. Congenital Deficiency of Ulna
“Ulnar club hand”
Rare condition
Association
◦ clubfoot, fibular deficiencies, spina bifida,
femoral agenesis, mandibular defects, and
absence of the patella
27. Congenital Constriction Band
Syndrome
“Congenital ring syndrome”
“Streeter dysplasia, annular grooves or
defects, and intrauterine amputation”
deep cutaneous creases encircle a limb
(as if a string were tightly tied around the part)
28. Congenital Constriction Band
Syndrome
- most common distal limb portion
index = middle = ring , less thumb and
little
- upper : lower extremity = 2 : 1
- incidence 1: 5,000 - 15,000 / M=F
4 DEFORMITY GROUPS
1. simple
2. fusion of distal bony part
3. fusion of soft tissue part
4. amputation
29.
30. Radioulnar Synostosis
Failure of complete division
Usually involves the proximal
Most often fixing the forearm in pronation
More often bilateral than unilateral (60%)
Mostly well function
Surgery in severe pronation deformity
31. Congenital Muscular Torticollis
Contracture of sterno-
cleidomastoid fibrosis of
sternal head muscle
Palpable mass in first
month
90% resolves in first year
Mx: passive neck stretching
Sx: after fail conservative
12-24 mo.
35. Developmental Dysplasia of Hip
Teratologic
Typical
◦ Dislocated hip
◦ Dislocatable hip
◦ Subluxable hip
Ligamentous laxity
Acetabular
dysplasia
Malposition
Mechanical factor
Genetic factor
Postnatal factor
36. Developmental Dysplasia of Hip
Risk factors
◦ First born
◦ Breech position
◦ Female gender (6:1 over males)
◦ Positive family history
◦ Lower limb deformity
◦ Oligohydramnios
◦ Congenital muscular torticollis
◦ Metatarsus adductus
◦ Congenital knee dislocation
◦ Significant persistent hip asymmetry
◦ Significant musculoskeletal abnormalities
37. Developmental Dysplasia of Hip
<3 months
Barlow test
Ortolani test
Galeazzi sign
◦ apparent limb length
discrepancy with hip and
knee flexed at 90 degrees
◦ femur appears shortened
on dislocated side
Ultrasound for evaluate
– up to 4 months
38. Diagnosis
Physical exam during the first days of life
Ortolani
“Segno dello Scatto”
Barlow
Reduce the dislocated hip Subluxate or Dislocate
the unstable hip
39. Ortolani
to determine if the
hip is dislocated
Barlow
provocative test for a
dislocatable hip
40. DDH
Treatment: < 6 months
◦ To obtain, maintain reduction provide hip
joint development
◦ Pavlik Harness
41. Developmental Dysplasia of Hip
>3 months
limitations in hip abduction
laxity resolves and stiffness occur
decreased symmetrically in bilateral dislocations
leg length discrepancy predominate
>1 year (walking child)
pelvic obliquity
lumbar lordosis
Trendelenburg gait
toe walking
42. DDH diagnosed late
Galeazzi‟s sign
LLD
Limit hip abduction*
Asymmetrical skin fold
Telescoping sign
43. DDH diagnosed late
• 6m – 1y ; traction and hip spica
• >2y ; surgery (acetabulum/femoral)
44. Legg-Calve-Perthes Syndrome
Blood flow disruption:
Thrombophilia (Factor V Leiden,
Protein C, Protein S deficiency)
Anticardiolipin Ab
Phospholipid Ab
Hypofibrinolysis (Plasminogen Activator)
UNKNOWN!
48. Perthes
The first principle of treatment
◦ Restore ROM: bed rest, skin traction, progressive
abduction, adductor release
Primary goal of treatment
◦ Prevent deformity: no brace, surgery for
containment
49. SCFE
Related to
◦ Adolescent growth phase
◦ Endocrinopathy
◦ Renal osteodystrophy
Bilateral 25% (50% sequential onset)
Pathology: increase zone of hypertrophy
Etiology: unknown
50. SCFE
Pain at hip/groin
Preslip: mild decrease
hip IR
coxalgic, ER gait or
Trendelenburg gait
„with more flexion, more
ER‟
Chronic: pain > 3 weeks
Acute on top: acute pain
on top
51. SCFE
Classification
◦ Stable
◦ Unstable – cannot bear weight
Radiographs
◦ AP: Blanch sign of steel, Klein line
◦ Lateral cross-table
◦ Should avoid frogleg view
53. SCFE : Treatment
– Prevent further slippage:
• single screw in situ
– Reduce degree of slippage:
• acute, hip extend & rotate to
neutral within 24 hr of presentation
• Osteotomy
– Salvage procedure
• Arthrodesis
– Prophylactic pinning of contralateral hip
• Metabolic/endocrine disorders
55. Congenital Knee Dislocation
Positional contractures / rigid dislocation
Structural components include
◦ quadricep tendon contracture
◦ anterior subluxation of hamstring tendon
◦ absent suprapatellar pouch
◦ tight collateral ligament
Often occurs in children with
◦ myelomeningocele
◦ arthrogryposis
◦ Larsen's syndrome
56. Congenital Knee Dislocation
Associated conditions
◦ developmental dysplasia of the hip
50% will have hip dysplasia affect one or
both hips
◦ clubfoot,
◦ metatarsus adductus
57. Congenital Knee Dislocation
Nonoperative treatment
◦ reduction with manual manipulation and casting
long leg casting on weekly basis
Operative treatment
◦ surgical soft tissue release
Indications : failure to gain 30° of flexion after 3 months of casting
goal of surgery is to obtain 90° of flexion
quadriceps tendon lengthening
anterior joint capsule release
hamstring tendon posterior transposition
collateral ligaments mobilization
Postoperative : cast in 45 to 60° flexion for 3 to 4 weeks
58. Tibial deficiency
shortening of the lower limb
anterior tibial bowing
tibial shortening
knee varus
ankle varus
equinovarus foot, absence
of rays, and tarsal coalition
64. Metatarsus Adductus
Adduction of forefoot with
normal hindfoot alignment
associated conditions
◦ DDH (15-20%)
◦ Torticollis
lateral foot border is
convex instead of straight
a medial soft-tissue
crease indicates a more
rigid deformity
normal hindfoot and
subtalar motion
66. Metatarsus Adductus
Flexible deformities - observation or
stretching; 90% to 95% will resolve
spontaneously.
For rigid deformities, serial
manipulation and casting should be
done before age 6 months.
Surgery is rarely required, >age 3
years with a rigid deformity.
69. Calcaneovalgus
mild form occurs in 30% to 40%
incidence of this deformity is 0.4 to 1.0
in 1,000 live births
the hindfoot ER and dorsiflexes
most deformities will resolve
spontaneously by age 3 to 6 months
71. Flatfoot
Development
3 years old
Flexible
A weight-bearing foot
shape
◦ hindfoot valgus
◦ midfoot sags
◦ Forefoot supination
72. Congenital Vertical Talus
Hindfoot equinus, forefoot dorsiflex
resulting in a midfoot dislocation through the
talonavicular joint
rigid deformity with a convex plantar surface that
forms a rocker-bottom deformity
Up to 60% of cases of CVT may be associated
with arthrogryposis, myelomeningocele, sacral
agenesis, or diastematomyelia
Serial manipulation and casting
76. Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
Idiopathic deformity of the
foot of unclear etiology
Epidemiology most
common birth defect
1:250 to 1:1000
more common in males
half of cases are bilateral
May be associated with
◦ hand anomalies
◦ diastrophic dwarfism
◦ arthrogryposis
◦ tibial hemimelia
◦ myelomeningocele
77. Clubfoot
Talipes equinovarus
1-2 in 1,000 births.
„CAVE‟
midfoot cavus, forefoot adductus and
supination, hindfoot varus, and equinus