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The cam-type deformity--what is it: SCFE, osteophyte, or a new disease?
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The cam-type deformity--what is it: SCFE, osteophyte, or a new disease?

  • Siebenrock KA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. klaus.siebenrock@insel.ch
  • Schwab JM
  • 2013-06-15
Published in:
  • Journal of pediatric orthopedics. - 2013
Continental Population Groups
Femoracetabular Impingement
Femur
Hip Joint
Humans
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
Osteoarthritis, Hip
Osteophyte
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses
English Cam-type deformity of the proximal femur is a risk factor for the development of cam-type femoroacetabular impingement and a prearthrotic condition of the hip. The etiology of cam-type deformity remains unclear. There are a number of causes of cam-type deformity including sequellae of slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease or Perthes-like deformities, postinfectious, and traumatic. However, the majority of cam-type deformities arise without any apparent preexisting hip disease. These "idiopathic" cam-type deformities likely represent a majority of cases, and show clear racial and sex differences, as well as developmental and genetic influences. Idiopathic cam-type deformity also seems to be a distinct entity from residual or silent slipped capital femoral epiphysis, as well as osteoarthritis-induced osteophytes. In this paper we examine the different pathogenetic aspects of the proximal femur that contribute to cam-type deformity and/or symptomatic cam-type femoroacetabular impingement.
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  • English
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