Epiphyseal enlargement occurs in –
Correct Answer: Hemophilia
Description: Epiphyseal enlargement
Most common causes of epiphyseal enlargement are chronic inflammation (e.g. JRA) or chronic increase in blood flow. Causes of Epiphyseal enlargement are:-
a) Solitary (Enlargement of particular epiphysis)
Post-inflammatory (JRA, Septic arthritis)
Perthe's disease (in repair stage)
Status post hip dislocation
Hemophilia (Hemophilic arthropathy)
Turner syndrome
Klippel-trenaunay syndrome (angiohypertrophy syndrome)
Kascibach - Merritt syndrome
Beckwith - Wiedemann syndrome (Hemihypertrophy)
Trevor disease (Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica)
b) Generalized
Hyperthyroidism
Acromegaly or cerebral gigantism
Adrenogenital syndrome iv) Rickets
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
McCune-Albright syndrome
Kniest syndrome
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