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Congenital coxa vara

Coxa vara is a deformity of the hip, whereby the angle between the head and the shaft of the femur is reduced to less than 120 degrees. This results in the leg being shortened and the development of a limp. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Cause
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
May Be Caused by
 Common
Achondroplasia
Fibrous dysplasia
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
 Uncommon
Arthrogryposis
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Diastrophic dysplasia
Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia
Enchondromatosis
Femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome
Femoral neck defect
Frontometaphyseal dysplasia
Hereditary multiple exostoses
Hyperphosphatasia
Hypophosphatasia
Hypothyroidism
Idiopathic coxa vara
Infantile hypothyroidism
Kniest dysplasia
Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Schmid type
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Shwachman type
Metatropic dysplasia
Meyer dysplasia of the femoral head
Osteopetrosis
Proximal femoral deficiency
Pseudoachondroplasia
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
Schmid type
Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia corner fracture type
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia Kozlowski type

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