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CASE REPORT
Challenges in orthopaedic management of Parkes-Weber syndrome
  1. Mara Silva Ferreira1,
  2. Telma Francisco2,
  3. Delfin Tavares3
  1. 1Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar do Barlavento Algarvio, EPE, Portimão, Portugal
  2. 2Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefânia, CHLC, Lisboa, Portugal
  3. 3Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Dona Estefânia, CHLC, Lisboa, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr Telma Francisco, telmacarvalhofrancisco{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 16-year-old boy with a diagnosis of Parkes-Weber syndrome presented with a lower leg discrepancy of 3 cm for orthopaedic management. He had the triad of red skin lesion, lymphoedema and overgrowth of the right leg and multiple arteriovenous fistulae confirmed by angiography. Considering the risk of aggravating the vascular lesion, we decided conservative management of unequal limb lengths as long as this is well tolerated.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-008800

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