Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia
Definition
Anterolateral bowing
True bone dysplasia
- hamartomatous area in the tibia
- non union or potential non union through pathological fracture in this region
The defect in the bone is filled with mature, fibrous connective tissue
- not really a pseudoarthrosis
- by definition, a pseudarthrosis has a cleft lined by fibrocartilage containing fluid and bounded by a capsule