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Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the clavicle
6%
289/5164
Accessory navicular
0%
21/5164
Congenital scoliosis
85%
4414/5164
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
7%
362/5164
Congenital curly toe
1%
52/5164
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A renal ultrasound should be obtained in a patient with congenital scoliosis. Congenitial scoliosis has a prevalence that is estimated at 1% to 4% in general population. It is associated with systemic anomalies in up to 61% of cases. The most common anomalies are cardiac defects, genitourinary defects and spinal cord malformations. As such, additional imaging of these systems should be considered in the initial work-up of these patients. Ruf et al. retrospectively investigated 56 consecutive operative cases of congenital scoliosis. The average age at surgery was 9.9 years (1.5–17 years). There was one wound complication, 2 hardware failures, 1 revision and no neurological complications. They concluded that one-stage posterior hemivertebra resection and instrumentation was safe in this population. Xu et al. examined the efficacy of selective partial hemivertebra excision via posterior-only approach in 17 adolescent patients with congenital kyphoscoliosis. There were no postoperative infections and no neurological complications. They concluded that this approach may be most successful in patients aged 9 to 14 years old, with the Risser sign grades from 0–3 and Cobb angles <60°. Illustration A from Erol et al (UPOJ, Vol 15, 2002;37-42) shows a diagram of 'types' of congenital scoliosis based on the morphology of the vertebrae. Incorrect Answers: Answer 1,2,5: These diagnoses do not seem to have systemic associations. Answer 4: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease does not commonly manifest in the kidney.
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