Coxa magna

Coxa magna is probably due to a period of relative hyperemia of the capial femur epiphysis between 2 and 8 years of age. The peripheral cartilage of the metaphysis and epiphysis proliferate as a response to reactive hyperemia secondary to synovitis. We have observed 11 patients with coxa magna and h...

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Published inSouthern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 70; no. 11; p. 1297
Main Authors Powers, J A, Bach, P J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.1977
Subjects
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Femur Head - diagnostic imaging
Femur Head - pathology
Hip Dislocation, Congenital - complications
Humans
Hypertrophy - diagnostic imaging
Hypertrophy - pathology
Infant
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease - complications
Male
Radiography
Synovitis - complications
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Summary:Coxa magna is probably due to a period of relative hyperemia of the capial femur epiphysis between 2 and 8 years of age. The peripheral cartilage of the metaphysis and epiphysis proliferate as a response to reactive hyperemia secondary to synovitis. We have observed 11 patients with coxa magna and have followed five in detail. Good function is expected in childhood and adolescence, but traumatic arthritis will probably occur as these patients get older.
ISSN:0038-4348
DOI:10.1097/00007611-197711000-00014