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Pes cavus is a medical term for a cavus deformity of the foot due to a fixed plantar flexion of the foot. There is a high arched foot - it is the opposite of flat feet.
It is much less common than flat feet and the cause may be neurological, orthopedic or neuromuscular.
Unlike most cases of flat feet, pes cavus can be painful because of metatarsal compression.
People with pes cavus have trouble finding shoes that fit and may require support in their shoes.
Treatment
Surgical treatment is only indicated if there is severe pain as the operations available may be difficult.
| Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79, 754-756) |
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| Limbs | hip: Dislocation of hip/Hip dysplasia - Upington disease
feet (Club foot, Flat feet, Pes cavus)
systemic dislocations Larsen syndrome
head, face, spine and chest: skull, face and jaw (Dolichocephaly, Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome, Plagiocephaly) - spine Scoliosis - chest (Pectus excavatum, Pectus carinatum)
any combination head, face, jaw, upper limb, lower limb, pelvis, dactyly Antley-Bixler syndrome - Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome
dactyly Polydactyly/Syndactyly (Webbed toes) - Cenani Lenz syndactylism
reduction deficits (Acheiropodia, Amelia, Ectrodactyly, Phocomelia)
upper limb (Cleidocranial dysostosis, Madelung's deformity, Sprengel's deformity, Wallis Zieff Goldblatt syndrome)
knee (Genu valgum, Genu varum)
other Arthrogryposis |
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| Skull and facial bones | Carpenter syndrome - Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia - Craniosynostosis (Scaphocephaly) - Crouzon syndrome - Hypertelorism - Macrocephaly - Oxycephaly - Platybasia - Saethre-Chotzen syndrome - Treacher Collins syndrome - Trigonocephaly |
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| Spine and bony thorax | Klippel-Feil syndrome - Spondylolisthesis - Cervical rib - Bifid rib |
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| Osteochondrodysplasia | developement of cartilage, tubular bones and spine: Achondrogenesis/Hypochondrogenesis - Boomerang dysplasia - Thanatophoric dysplasia - Short rib-polydactyly syndrome - Chondrodysplasia punctata (Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, Conradi-Hünermann syndrome), Achondroplasia (Hypochondroplasia, Osteosclerosis congenita) - Ellis-van Creveld syndrome - Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia - Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
- Osteogenesis imperfecta - McCune-Albright syndrome - Osteopetrosis - Metaphyseal dysplasia - Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia - Hereditary multiple exostoses - Osteopoikilosis - Chondrodystrophy - Osteodystrophy - Atelosteogenesis, type II - Diastrophic dysplasia |
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| Other | abdominal wall (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Omphalocele, Gastroschisis, Prune belly syndrome) - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome |
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| See also non-congenital conditions (M, 710-739) |
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