Smyth E H
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1980 May;62-B(2):166-7. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.62B2.7364828.
The occurrence of "windswept deformity" in the legs of otherwise healthy African children in the second or third year of life is illustrated by three typical case histories. The usual causes of epiphysial abnormality were absent in these and other similar patients seen recently in central Nigeria. It is suggested that an unrecognised hereditary dysplasia of bone, possibly of local geographical distribution and associated with a phase of epiphysial instability due to rapid growth, might underlie the sudden onset of this striking deformity.
三个典型病例说明了在健康的非洲儿童生命第二年或第三年时腿部出现“风吹畸形”的情况。在尼日利亚中部近期见到的这些以及其他类似患者中，不存在常见的骨骺异常原因。有人提出，一种未被认识的遗传性骨发育异常，可能具有局部地理分布特点，并且与因快速生长导致的骨骺不稳定阶段相关，可能是这种明显畸形突然出现的潜在原因。
