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Blount's disease. Blount's disease is a growth disorder of the tibia (shin bone) that causes the lower leg to angle inward, resembling a bowleg. It is also known as tibia vara. It is named after Walter Putnam Blount (1900â1992), an American pediatric orthopedic surgeon.
Diagram depicting the radiographic changes in the infantile form of Blount disease described by LangenskiÃ¶ld. The natural history of Blount disease leads to irreversible pathologic changes, especially at the medial portion of the proximal tibial epiphysis because of growth disturbances of the physis. The progression and characteristics of the disease are distinct in the two described forms of the disease.