20Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one body system
Structural developmental anomalies of the skeleton
LB90Joint formation defects
LB90.4
category
Madelung deformity
Definition Madelung disease, or deformity is a predominantly bilateral wrist anomaly characterised by shortened and bowed radii and long ulnae leading to dorsal dislocation of the distal ulna and limited mobility of the wrist and elbow.
Also indexed as
Madelung deformity Madelung deformity, bilateral Madelung deformity, unilateral
Nearby in Joint formation defects
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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