title: Leg aches.
abstract: In the investigation of children with leg aches, it is essential to identify those with demonstrable underlying organic diseases. Growing pains is a poorly named, nebulous entity that can be diagnosed only by exclusion. The greatest diagnostic error is to make a diagnosis of growing pains while overlooking some serious underlying condition.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D009626:Terminology as Topic