title: [Chronic pain of the knee in children and adolescents: diagnosis and therapeutic management].
abstract: Chronic pain of the knee in children and adolescents may result from multiple etiologies, mainly related to the pathology of the extensor apparatus. The diagnosis is mostly based on a good interrogatory, a careful and systematic physical examination and standard X-rays. Complementary investigations such as arthrography, arthroscopy and CT scan are only needed in a limited number of cases. The pathology of the hip is part of the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie infantile, CHU Côte de Nacre, Caen, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sijelmassi
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mallet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravasse
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delmas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Les douleurs chroniques du genou chez l'enfant et l'adolescent: dignostic et conduite thérapeutique.