08-26-2010, 02:40 PM
A 3-day-old Latina infant is in the hospital awaiting routine physical examination. She was born to a 28-year-old woman by cesarean delivery at term because of breech presentation. She is the woman's first child and the pregnancy was uncomplicated. The infant weighed 3686 g (8 lb 2 oz) at birth. Physical examination discloses asymmetry in the number of thigh skin folds and uneven knee levels when the hips and knees are flexed. Barlow test is done and a palpable "click" is felt in the left hip. Without prompt treatment, this child is at increased risk for which of the following?
A) Dysplasia of the hip
B) Femoral head anteversion
C) Legg-Calve-Perthe disease
D) Metatarsus adductus
E) Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
A) Dysplasia of the hip
B) Femoral head anteversion
C) Legg-Calve-Perthe disease
D) Metatarsus adductus
E) Slipped capital femoral epiphysis