title: Thigh pain in a ten-year-old boy.
abstract: The ability to obtain a good history is still an essential skill, but various unforeseen obstacles can mislead the physician. In the case described, a ten-year-old boy was unable to give an accurate history without his parents present. Then, his parents seemed relatively unconcerned about some fairly dramatic symptoms. Finally, even after the full history was obtained, there was a further two-month delay in making the correct diagnosis because it was so unlikely in a ten-year-old.
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authors.lastname: Annen