shin (shin) the prominent anterior edge of the tibia or the leg.
saber shin,
shin [shin]
saber shin
saber shin marked anterior convexity of the tibia, seen in congenital syphilis and in yaws.
sa·ber shin (s  b r)n. A sharp-edged anteriorly convex tibia characteristic of congenital syphilis. |
saber shin,
a sharp, anterior bowing of the tibia caused by hereditary syphilis.
Sabre Shin
A descriptor for the thickened, anteriorly-bowed—with possible lateral bowing—tibial cortex, caused by chronic periostitis which spares the epiphysis, classically described in latent congenital syphilis; it may also occur in rickets, Paget disease of bone and advanced acquired syphilis
DiffDx Non-progressive, bilateral and symmetrical anterior bowing of the tibia and fibula may be seen in achondroplasia, type IX Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, enchondromatosis, fibrous dysplasia, excess fluoride ingestion in pregnancy, hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatasia, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteomalacia, osteomyelitis, rickets, thanatophoric dwarfism, Weismann-Netter syndrome
DiffDx Non-progressive, bilateral and symmetrical anterior bowing of the tibia and fibula may be seen in achondroplasia, type IX Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, enchondromatosis, fibrous dysplasia, excess fluoride ingestion in pregnancy, hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatasia, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteomalacia, osteomyelitis, rickets, thanatophoric dwarfism, Weismann-Netter syndrome
shin [shin]
the prominent anterior edge of the tibia and lower leg.
saber shin
A descriptor for the thickened, anteriorly-bowed–with possible lateral bowing tibial cortex, caused by chronic periostitis which spares the epiphysis, first described in latent congenital syphilis, which may also be seen
in advanced acquired syphilis
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