| Cubitus varus | |
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| Cubitus varus versus cubitus valgus | |
| Specialty | Rheumatology, medical genetics |
Cubitus varus is a varus deformity in which the extended forearm is deviated towards midline of the body.
Cubitus varus is often referred to as "Gunstock deformity", due to the crooked nature of the healing.[1][2]
The "opposite" condition is cubitus valgus.
- ^ "Medcyclopaedia - Gunstock deformity". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ Stimson LA (Sep 1900). "I. Cubitus Varus; or, "Gunstock" Deformity following Fracture of the Lower End of the Humerus". Ann. Surg. 32 (3): 301–8. doi:10.1097/00000658-190007000-00021. PMC 1425131. PMID 17860875.