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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
===Life Threatening Causes === | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
*[[Avascular necrosis | Avascular necrosis of the hip]] | *[[Avascular necrosis | Avascular necrosis of the hip]] | ||
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|style="height:100px"; style="width:25%" border="1" bgcolor="LightSteelBlue" | '''Cardiovascular''' | |style="height:100px"; style="width:25%" border="1" bgcolor="LightSteelBlue" | '''Cardiovascular''' | ||
|style="height:100px"; style="width:75%" border="1" bgcolor="Beige" | [[Atherosclerosis]], [[AV fistula]], [[ | |style="height:100px"; style="width:75%" border="1" bgcolor="Beige" | [[Atherosclerosis]], [[AV fistula]], [[Peripheral arterial disease | claudication of limb]], [[Cystic medial necrosis|Erdheim cystic medial necrosis]], [[Freiberg disease]], [[hemangioma]], [[hypertension]], [[Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome]], [[Aortoiliac occlusive disease | Leriche syndrome]], [[limb ischemia]], [[Parkes Weber syndrome]], [[peripheral vascular disease]], [[rheumatic disease]] | ||
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| '''Dermatologic''' | | '''Dermatologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Cellulitis ]], [[ | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Cellulitis ]], [[dermatomyositis]] | ||
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| '''Drug Side Effect''' | | '''Drug Side Effect''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Avascular necrosis of the hip ]], [[ | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Avascular necrosis | Avascular necrosis of the hip]], [[myositis]], [[serum sickness]] | ||
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| '''Endocrine''' | | '''Endocrine''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"|[[ | |bgcolor="Beige"|Arrest of [[Epiphyseal plate | physeal growth]], [[hyperparathyroidism ]], [[juvenile osteoporosis]] | ||
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| '''Gastroenterologic''' | | '''Gastroenterologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Appendicitis]], [[ | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Appendicitis]], [[inflammatory bowel disease]] | ||
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| '''Genetic''' | | '''Genetic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Fibular hemimelia]], [[Klippel- | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hemimelia | Fibular hemimelia]], [[Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome]], [[osteochondritis dissecans]], [[osteogenesis imperfecta]], [[proteus syndrome]], [[Russell-Silver syndrome]], [[tarsal coalition]], [[Upington disease]] | ||
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| '''Hematologic''' | | '''Hematologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute lymphoblastic leukemia ]], [[Avascular necrosis of the hip ]], [[ | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute lymphoblastic leukemia ]], [[Avascular necrosis | avascular necrosis of the hip]], [[hemarthrosis]], [[hemophilia]], [[Multiple myeloma|Kahler's disease]], [[Langerhans' cell histiocytosis ]], [[leukemia]], [[myelodysplasia]], [[sickle-cell disease]] | ||
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| '''Iatrogenic''' | | '''Iatrogenic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hip replacement]], [[ | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hip replacement]], [[immunization]] [[(intramuscular injection)]], [[Hip replacement|prosthetic hip replacement]], [[radiation therapy]], [[sympathectomy]] | ||
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| '''Infectious Disease''' | | '''Infectious Disease''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute rheumatic fever]], [[ | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute rheumatic fever]], [[cellulitis ]], [[discitis]], [[epididymitis]], [[Abscess|epidural abscess of the spine]], [[foot]] infection, [[Neisseria gonorrhoeae|gonoccoccal arthritis]], [[hand-foot-mouth disease ]], [[Adenitis|iliac adenitis]], [[Lymphadenopathy|inguinal lymphadenitis]], [[Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis|juvenile chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis]], [[Lyme disease|Lyme arthritis]], [[meningitis]], [[myositis]], [[observation hip syndrome]], [[orchitis]], [[osteomyelitis]], [[paronychia ]], [[pelvic abscess]], [[pelvic inflammatory disease ]], [[perirectal abscess]], [[poliomyelitis]], [[psoas abscess]], [[reactive arthritis]], [[sacroiliitis]], [[septic arthritis]], [[Transient synovitis | transient synovitis of the hip]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:39, 19 July 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [2]
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Common Causes
- Avascular necrosis of the hip
- Cerebral palsy
- Congenital dysplasia of the hip
- Discitis
- Femur fracture
- Hip tightness and contracture
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome
- Lumbar scoliosis
- Malignant bone tumors
- Osteochondritis dissecans
- Osteomyelitis
- Salter-Harris fracture
- Septic arthritis
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Transient synovitis of the hip