Congenital absence of both femora a case report

ABSTRACT

An extremely rare case of congenital absence of both femora has presented to the Paediatric Orthopaedic Unit of Al Razi Orthopaedic Hospital in Kuwait. It belongs to a male Afghani child living in Kuwait. He started to present to our unit at the age of one year. This is the only case of congenital absence of both femora seen in our unit since it was established in 1991. This child has associated bilateral congenital absence of fibula and bilateral very rigid club foot deformity. The extreme rarity of this case, as reported in the literature, was the stimulus to present this case report