- Legg disease
- (leg) [Arthur Thornton Legg, American surgeon, 1874–1939] Legg-Calvй-Perthes disease; see under disease.
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Legg disease
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Legg disease — Legg Calvй disease Legg Calvй Perthes d … Medical dictionary
Legg-Calvй-Perthes-Waldenstrцm disease — Legg Cal·vй Per·thes Wal·den·strцm disease (legґ kahl vaґ perґtəz vahlґden strermz) [A.T. Legg; J. Calvй; G.C. Perthes; Johan Henning Waldenstrцm, Swedish orthopedic surgeon, 1877–1972] Legg Calvй Perthes disease; see under disease … Medical dictionary
Legg-Perthes disease — n LEGG CALVÉ PERTHES DISEASE … Medical dictionary
Legg-Calvй-Perthes disease — Legg Cal·vй Per·thes disease (legґ kahl vaґ perґtəz) [A.T. Legg; Jacques Calvй, French orthopedist, 1875–1954; Georg Clemens Perthes, German surgeon, 1869–1927] see under disease … Medical dictionary
Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome Caption = Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. DiseasesDB = 9891 ICD10 = ICD10|M|91|1|m|91 ICD9 = ICD9|732.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001264 eMedicineSubj = radio… … Wikipedia
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease — A hip disorder in children due to interruption of the blood supply to the head of the femur (the ball in the ball and socket hip joint), causing it to deteriorate. The disease is most common at age 6 to 9, tends to affect boys, but is more severe … Medical dictionary
Legg-Calvé-Perthes-Krankheit — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 M91.1 Juvenile Osteochondrose des Femurkopfes (Perthes Legg Calvé Krankheit) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Legg-Calvй-Perthes disease — osteochondrosis of the capitular epiphysis of the femur. Legg Calvй Perthes disease affecting the right leg of a seven year old boy. Anteroposterior radiograph shows a flattened and fragmented right femoral epiphysis; the proximal femur is also… … Medical dictionary
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease — Perthes disease; = pseudocoxalgia necrosis of the head of the femur (thigh bone) due to interruption of its blood supply (see osteochondritis). Of unknown cause, it occurs most commonly in boys between the ages of 5 and 10 and causes aching and a … The new mediacal dictionary
