Pitfalls in paediatric gait disturbances: painless bone diseases.
BACKGROUND
We describe three boys who were referred for neurological work-up of a tottering gait and in whom we diagnosed bone diseases, namely, Camurati-Engelmann disease, cartilaginous exostoses and a stress fracture as the underlying causes for the gait-disturbances.


CONCLUSIONS
"Non-neurologic disorders" must be considered even if pain is not a leading symptom in gait disturbances.
Lücke
Thomas
T
Klinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30623, Hannover, Germany.
Illsinger
Sabine
S
Das
Anibh Martin
AM
Schirg
Eckart
E
Hartmann
Hans
H
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003966:Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*