Legg‐Calvé‐Perthes disease in a patient with Bardet‐Biedl syndrome: A case report of a novel MKKS/BBS6 mutation

Abstract

Abstract This article reports a girl with Bardet‐Biedl syndrome (BBS) having a novel causative mutation who developed Legg‐Calvé‐Perthes disease (LCPD). There exists a possibility that the prognosis of LCPD had been adversely affected by the concomitant BBS.

Keywords

• Bardet‐Biedl syndrome
• Legg‐Calvé‐Perthes disease
• MKKS/BBS6 gene
• osteochondrosis
• surgical containment