Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease

A rare disorder characterized by uni- or bilateral avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head in children.

Synovitis



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PMID (PMCID)
30572428
MALE Child
Synovial chondromatosis of the hip joint in childhood: A case report and literature review.
Wen J, Liu H, Xiao S, Li X, Fang K, Tang Z, Cao S, Li F, Cai G, Hu C.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(51):e13199.
The common diseases leading to pain in the hip joint in children include transient synovitis of the hip, septic arthritis of the hip, and Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.
21704245
OTHER Infant
[The acutely limping child].
Ferey S, Merzoug V.
J Radiol. 2011;92(6):495-505.
Between the ages of 3 and 10 years, transient synovitis of the hip and Legg-Calve-Perthes disease are main considerations but infection, inflammation and focal bony lesions are also considered.
18652647
(2495003)
OTHER
Pyomyositis of tensor fascia lata: a case report.
Ozkan K, Unay K, Ugutmen E, Eren A, Eceviz E, Saygy B.
J Med Case Rep. 2008;2:236.
In children with clinical and laboratory findings of inflammation in the vicinity of the hip joint, the differential diagnosis includes transient synovitis, an early stage of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, infectious arthritis of the hip, rheumatologic diseases and extracapsular infection such as osteomyelitis.
1523630
MIXED_SAMPLE Infant, Newborn
[Coxitis in children].
Vestad E.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1992;112(16):2088-90.
The diagnostic aspects of transient synovitis and the pathogenetic correlation between this and Perthes' disease are discussed.
6114214
MALE
[Transient arthritis of the hip in childhood and Perthes disease (author's transl)].
Barta O, Bellyei A.
Magy Traumatol Orthop Helyreallito Seb. 1980;23(2):98-103.
They conclude therefore, that transient synovitis can not be regarded only as a harmless condition, but it can precede Perthes disease.