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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
CASE REPORT
Apert syndrome: Be aware of the ‘dodgy’ hip!
  1. Shehzaad Aziz Khan1,2,
  2. Thomas Steven Moores1,
  3. Charles Docker2
  1. 1Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
  2. 2Trauma and Orthopaedics, Worcester Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK
  1. Correspondence to Shehzaad Aziz Khan, shehzaad_khan{at}hotmail.com

Summary

Apert syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterised by craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia and syndactyly of hands and feet. Here we present a case of a 44-year-old woman, with a genetic diagnosis of Apert syndrome from birth, who presented with symptomatic left-sided hip osteoarthritis secondary to femoral abnormalities. She proceeded to have a total hip replacement. This case report describes the rare occurrence to identify a possible association between Apert syndrome and hip abnormalities.

  • congenital disorders
  • paediatric surgery
  • orthopaedic and trauma surgery
  • developmental paediatrocs

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221789

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    • Contributors All authors have contributed in the writing of this article.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.