CROSSED CONGENITAL HEMIHYPERTROPHY

Descriptions of congenital hemihypertrophy under such designations as “ true hypertrophy “, “ hemihypertrophy “, “ hyperplasia “, “ hemigigantism “, “ gigantism “, “ congenital hemicorporal dysharmony “, “ partial macrosomia “, and “ megalosomia” illustrate the difficulty in selection and evaluatiomi of cases. Wagner, in 1839, presented what is probably the first authentic report of hemi-hypertrophy. Friedberg, in 1867, gave a thorough report on crossed congenital hemi-hypertrophy of the left upper and right lower extremity. Gesell, in 1921 and again iii 1927, reviewed the literature and found, in 1927, a total of fifty-three cases of hemi-hypertrophy and four cases of crossed hypertrophy. Only one other case of crossed hypertrophy has been reported since that time; this was the case described by Fordyce in 1928. Since the review by Schwartzman and his associates, in 1942, which included 102 cases, ten cases of hemihypertrophy have been reported’4 ’ 12, 15, 16 Our case is the one hundred and thirteenth. REPORT OF CAS