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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Limping, Pediatric Age
TODDLER (1–3 YEARS)
• Infection: septic arthritis (hip, knee), osteomyelitis, diskitis
• Occult trauma: toddler’s fracture
• Neoplasia
CHILDHOOD (4–10 YEARS)
• Infection: septic arthritis (hip, knee); osteomyelitis; diskitis;
transient synovitis, hip
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)
• Tarsal coalition
• Rheumatologic disorder: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA)
• Trauma
• Neoplasia
ADOLESCENCE (11+ YEARS)
• Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
• Rheumatologic disorder: JRA
• Trauma
• Tarsal coalition
• Hip dislocation (developmental dysplasia of the hip [DDH])
• Neoplasia
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