Congenital absence of the fibula

Congenital absence of the fibula is a congenital disorder where in one or both legs there is a fibrous band instead of the fibula. The result tends to be:

• Short deformed leg
• Absence of part of the ankle joint, and what is left is unstable; the foot has an equinovalgus deformity
• Absence of part of the foot

Sometimes the foot can be brought into normal function; sometimes it must be amputated.

South African Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius was born with this disorder, and both his legs were amputated at mid-shin at the age of 11 months.

External links

• http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/fibular_hemimelia_longitudinal_fibular_deficiency
• http://www.thefetus.net/page.php?id=342
• http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/content/abstract/49-B/1/59