The clubfoot painted by Jusepe de Ribera: a controversial diagnosis.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
; 29(8): 1308-10, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
The Clubfoot painted by José de Ribera depicts a young beggar affected by a typical equinus clubfoot. He shows a contorted right hand and wrist. His left hand holds a begging note, suggesting some difficulty to speak. This condition may be caused by a cerebral palsy, consisting of a brain injury in the left hemisphere responsible for right hemiplegia and speech disturbance. Recently, it was suggested that the boy's condition is a consequence of arthrogryposis, perhaps amyoplasia or distal arthrogryposis type A1. Some clinical features may suggest the diagnosis of Sheldon-Hall syndrome. Considering all the signs represented on the painting, the diagnosis of hemiplegia due to cerebral palsy cannot be discarded. The present article is a novel analysis of the painting based on previously proposed diagnoses of the boy's condition, namely, hemiplegia and arthrogryposis.
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Pinturas
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Pé Torto Equinovaro
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Medicina nas Artes
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article