title: Pitfalls in paediatric gait disturbances: painless bone diseases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30623, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lücke
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Illsinger
authors.forename: Anibh Martin
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Eckart
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schirg
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hartmann
mesh_terms: 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*