The child who limps.
The child who limps can represent a diagnostic challenge. More than one consultation and several investigations (including a bone scan) might be necessary to define the problem. It is most important to realise that pain felt in the knee often originates in the hip.
D000293:Adolescent; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000293:injuries; D005413:Flatfoot / Q000150:complications; D005684:Gait; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000150:complications; D010008:Osteochondritis Dissecans / Q000150:complications; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries; D013585:Synovitis / Q000150:complications