Table 2 Causes of limping in children by etiology
From: Chronic limping in childhood, what else other than juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case series
More common causes of limping | Less common causes of limping | |
|---|---|---|
Infectious | Septic Arthritis | Lyme arthritis |
Sacroiliitis | Tuberculosis | |
Osteomyelitis | Discitis | |
Psoitis | ||
Inflammatory | Transient Synovitis | COPA syndrome |
JIA | Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis | |
Reactive arthritis | Rheumatic fever | |
Neoplastics | Leukemia | Osteosarcoma |
Neuroblastoma | Ewing’s sarcoma | |
Osteoid osteoma | Synovial chondromatosis | |
Pigmented villonodular synovitis | ||
Degenerative-Mechanics | Fractures | CACP syndrome |
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip | Vitamin C Deficiency | |
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis | Hypervitaminosis A | |
Osteochondrosis | Psuedorheumatoid-arthropathy of childhood | |
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease | Mucopolysaccharidosis type I |