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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis - Limp
• Abdominal pain (e.g., appendicitis, incarcerated hernia), testicular torsion
• Degenerative joint disease, osteochondritis dissecans, chondromalacia patellae
• Factitious, somatization syndrome
• Joint infection (septic arthritis, osteomyelitis), viral arthritis
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)
• Neoplasm (local or metastatic)
• Osgood-Schlatter disease
• Other: diskitis, periostitis, sickle cell disease, hemophilia
• Polio, neuromuscular disorders, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Poorly fitting shoes, foreign body in shoe, unequal leg length
• Splinter in foot
• Trauma to extremities, vertebral disk, hips
• Abdominal pain (e.g., appendicitis, incarcerated hernia), testicular torsion
• Degenerative joint disease, osteochondritis dissecans, chondromalacia patellae
• Factitious, somatization syndrome
• Joint infection (septic arthritis, osteomyelitis), viral arthritis
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)
• Neoplasm (local or metastatic)
• Osgood-Schlatter disease
• Other: diskitis, periostitis, sickle cell disease, hemophilia
• Polio, neuromuscular disorders, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Poorly fitting shoes, foreign body in shoe, unequal leg length
• Splinter in foot
• Trauma to extremities, vertebral disk, hips
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