Table 1 Differential diagnosis of acute hip pain and limp
From: Tibial torus and toddler's fractures misdiagnosed as transient synovitis: a case series
| • Septic arthritis |
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| • Perthes disease |
| • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis |
| • Discitis |
| • Psoas abscess |
| • Stress fracture |
| • Overuse syndrome |
| • Rheumatic fever |
| • Proximal femoral osteomyelitis |
| • Kawasaki syndrome |
| • Gaucher disease |
| • Tumor (Ewing, osteoid osteoma, osteogenic sarcoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia) |
| • Serum sickness |
| • Slipped capital femoral epiphysis |
| • Tuberculosis |