Leg length discrepancy
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Causes
Common Causes[1][2]
- Cerebral Palsy
- Hypervascularity after fracture
- Infection
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Poliomyelitis
- Trauma
- Tumor
- Unilateral hyperplasia
- Unilateral hypoplasia
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | Bone deformity due to rickets |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Bone tumor, Maternal use of cannabis, Maternal use of contraceptive pill, Maternal use of ergots |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | Apophysitis (formerly, osteochondrosis), Arthritis, Avulsion: pelvic, tibial tuberosity, patellar sleeve, Baker's cyst rupture, Maternal use of medications to induce abortion, |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | Multiple hereditary exostoses, Muscle strain, Osgood-schlatter disease, Psoas abscess |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |