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Flatfoot

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  1. Definition
    1. Foot medial longitudinal arch depression or loss
  2. Associated conditions
    1. Heel eversion (valgus)
    2. Forefoot abduction
  3. Differential Diagnosis
    1. Apparent flatfoot in infants and toddlers under age 2
      1. Due to fat pad in area of longitudinal arch
      2. Fat pad atrophies with weight bearing
  4. Types
    1. Flexible Flatfoot (Tight heel cord)
    2. Rigid Flatfoot (Hindfoot arthritis)
    3. Traumatic Flatfoot (Ruptured posterior tibial tendon)

Flatfoot (C0016202)

Definition (MSH)A condition in which one or more of the arches of the foot have flattened out.
ConceptsAnatomical Abnormality (T190)
MSHD005413
EnglishArches fallen, Fallen Arch, Flat Feet, Flat Foot, Flatfeet, Flatfoot, Pes Planus, Pes valgus
Parent ConceptsFoot Deformities (C0016506), Deformity (C0302142), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesCOSTAR, DXP, LCH, MSH, MTH, NCI, NDFRT, OMIM, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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