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Distal tibiofibular diastasis secondary to osteochondroma in a child
D K Spatz1, J T Guille, S J Kumar
1Allegheny University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|January 7, 1998
Abstract:
An 18-month-old girl with a distal tibiofibular diastasis secondary to an osteochondroma was seen with a valgus deformity of the ankle. The patient underwent operative excision of the osteochondroma at the age of 2 years. At 13-year followup there was resolution of the diastasis, and the patient was free of symptoms. Early excision obviates the need for complex reconstructive surgery to correct ankle deformity later.