An atypical limping teenager

Another Limping Child: An Interesting Diagnosis Journey

Limp is described as any deviation from a normal gait pattern for the child's age. Limping takes many forms and is one of the most enigmatic complaints in pediatric medicine. It is never normal, and both benign and life-threatening illnesses can present with limp. The provisional diagnosis can be a challenge to establish even after history, physical, and laboratory examinations.

Joint restriction in an unhappy teenager.

A 14 year old girl presented with a year’s history of joint pain, restriction, and swelling, initially diagnosed as juvenile idiopathic arthritis. She had no past medical problems but had given up her leisure pursuits owing to disability. Examination disclosed non-pitting oedema to midcalf; a woody texture of the soft tissues of the forearms and calves with fixed flexion deformities of her fing...

Limping in Children.

Limping in children is a common complaint at pediatric, pediatric orthopaedic offices and in emergency rooms. There are several causes for this condition, and identifying them is a challenge. The older the patient, the better the anamnesis and more detailed the physical examination will be, enabling an easier medical assessment for searching the source of the disorder. In order to make the appr...

The limping child.

Limping is a symptom of varied diagnoses in children and adolescents and can present a difficult diagnostic challenge for primary care clinicians. A careful and systematic evaluation can shorten the long list of potential diagnoses to direct appropriate diagnostic tests to determine the cause of the problem. Trauma and infections are the most common causes of limping. Inflammatory conditions, d...

An outgoing teenager who attempts suicide.