title: Occult fractures in the production of gait disturbance in childhood.
abstract: Trauma to the lower extremities is the principal cause of gait disturbance in early childhood. Three cases are presented to emphasize the relative frequency of children hospitalized for diagnostic evaluation of altered gait who have occult fractures. The cases may refresh the primary physician of the variables that serve as obstacles to accurate diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis