Hip pain and childhood malignancy.
In children, neuroblastoma can mimic various orthopaedic pathologies and this may create difficulties for doctors in reaching the correct diagnosis. Stage IV neuroblastoma was initially diagnosed as transient synovitis in this case report of a 7-year-old girl presenting with hip and low back pain.
Wong
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Accident and Emergency Department, North District Hospital, 9 Po Kin Road, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong.
Chung
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Ngai
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D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013585:Synovitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography