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Ultrasonography of the painful hip in childhood
- Publication date
- 16 June 1999
- Publisher
- There are many diseases in childhood that affect the hip joint. Some diseases are systemic
in origin and initially may present themselves as hip disorders, such as rheumatoid
arthritis. other diseases are localized specifically in the hip joint, such as transient
synovitis and Perthes' disease, mostly unilateral. Neoplastic or infectious diseases around
the hip joint may also manifest themselves as a painful hip.
If both hips are affected the differential diagnosis should include skeletal dysplasias
(multiple epiphyseal dysplasia) and metabolic diseases (hypothyroidism, Gaucher's
disease, mucopolysaccharidoses and mucolipidoses).