Blount disease
MONDO:0017194Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Blount disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Blount disease is characterized by disturbed growth of the inner portion of the upper tibial extremity, progressively leading to bowlegged deformity with bone angulation just below the knee (tibia varus). In 60% of cases, the condition affects both legs.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017194), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
5 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Tibial bowingHPOHP:0002982
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal tibial metaphysis morphologyHPOHP:0006491
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of the kneeHPOHP:0002815
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of the proximal tibial epiphysisHPOHP:0010591
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- OsteochondrosisHPOHP:0040188
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: Blount disease
- Also called
- Blount's diseaseinfantile tibia varaOsteochondrosis deformans tibiaetibia vara Blount