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What kind of congenital hip anatomy would predispose one leg to become functionally shorter over time?
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Hip dysplasia: Developmental dysplasia of the hip, scoliosis, pelvic obliquity can all cause one leg to seem shorter than the other.
Answered 4/25/2016
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