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. 2016 Jul 12;17:274. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1157-x

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Fig. 1 — An example of Type B femoral overgrowth in a 14.6-year-old boy (Patient 13). a No femoral overgrowth of the affected limb was observed at age 5.5 years. b Femoral overgrowth of the affected limb was initiated during distraction osteogenesis. c Femoral overgrowth persisted until preadolescence. d The pattern of femoral overgrowth was classified as the upward slope-deceleration pattern (modified Shapiro Type 2) [16]. The white diamond indicates the point at which the patient underwent distraction osteogenesis