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Pes cavus

**Pes cavus**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-10	Q66.7
ICD-9	754.71
DiseasesDB	24563
MedlinePlus	001261
eMedicine	orthoped/539

Pes cavus is a medical term for a cavus deformity of the foot due to a fixed plantar flexion of the foot. There is a high arched foot - it is the opposite of flat feet.

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It is much less common than flat feet and the cause may be neurological, orthopedic or neuromuscular.

Unlike most cases of flat feet, pes cavus can be painful because of metatarsal compression.

People with pes cavus have trouble finding shoes that fit and may require support in their shoes.

Treatment

Surgical treatment is only indicated if there is severe pain as the operations available may be difficult.

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79, 754-756)
Limbs	hip: Dislocation of hip/Hip dysplasia feet (Club foot, Flat feet, Pes cavus) head, face, spine and chest: skull, face and jaw (Dolichocephaly, Plagiocephaly) - Scoliosis - chest (Pectus excavatum, Pectus carinatum) Polydactyly/Syndactyly (Webbed toes) reduction deficits (Ectrodactyly, Amelia, Phocomelia) upper limb (Cleidocranial dysostosis, Madelung's deformity, Sprengel's deformity) knee (Genu valgum, Genu varum) Arthrogryposis
Skull and face bones	Craniosynostosis (Scaphocephaly) - Trigonocephaly - Oxycephaly - Crouzon syndrome - Hypertelorism - Macrocephaly - Treacher Collins syndrome - Platybasia
Spine and bony thorax	Klippel-Feil syndrome - Spondylolisthesis - Cervical rib - Bifid rib
Osteochondrodysplasia	growth of tubular bones and spine: Achondrogenesis - Thanatophoric dysplasia - Short rib-polydactyly syndrome - Chondrodysplasia punctata (Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, Conradi-Hünermann syndrome), Achondroplasia (Hypochondroplasia, Osteosclerosis congenita) - Ellis-van Creveld syndrome - Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita Osteogenesis imperfecta - McCune-Albright syndrome - Osteopetrosis - Metaphyseal dysplasia - Hereditary multiple exostoses - Osteopoikilosis - Chondrodystrophy - Osteodystrophy
Other	abdominal wall (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Omphalocele, Gastroschisis, Prune belly syndrome) - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
See also non-congenital conditions (M, 710-739)