Shepherd Pole

Shepherd's stick is a rare congenital pathology of the femur, which is characterized by a severe deformity of the upper part of the femur (Cox-var type), in which there is an excessive protrusion of the greater trochanter of the femur upward.

This deformity can be detected in newborns or immediately after birth. Pathology is diagnosed by X-ray examination. Shepherd's stick

The shepherd's stick is the so-called “deformation of the femoral neck” with typical fibrous osteodysplasia, which consists of a sharp thinning of the entire femoral head, displacing it upward (a relief step is formed: head - neck. Like on the neck of a grazing ram). The femur becomes like an inverted scale. This can be observed not only in a very severe form of Paget’s disease (it can also be from a number of diseases), but also in severe DTS.