Congenital Bowing of the Long Bones: Report of a Case

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Abstract
A detailed examination has been made of a stillborn fetus showing multiple bowing of the long bones. In addition to the bowing of the bones other defects were found and those of particular interest were in the scapula, vertebrae and pelvis. As a result of the studies on this case the following conclusions were reached: The cartilaginous axial skeleton was abnormal. The cartilaginous skeleton of the angulated bones may likewise have been abnormal. Ossification in the angulated long bones was abnormal. The abnormality of ossification in the long bones was intrinsic in nature and situated approximately in the position of the primary center of ossification. The basic disorder underlying the angulation was probably a deficiency in both vascular and cellular elements of the perichondrium.

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