Legg-Calve-Perthes disease

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is a temporary condition in children in which the ball-shaped head of the thigh bone (femur), also known as the femoral head, loses its blood supply. Hence, the femoral head collapses.

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Definition
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is when the ball of the thighbone in the hip doesn't get enough blood, causing the bone to die.

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Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Alternate Names : Coxa plana, Perthes disease
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Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD) is one of a group of disorders known as the Osteochondroses. The Osteochondroses typically are characterized by degeneration (avascular necrosis) and subsequent regeneration of the growing end of a bone (epiphyses).

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Introduction
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease — also known as ischemic (avascular) necrosis of the hip — ...

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. This condition affects the blood supply and proper placement of the head of the femur in the hip socket.
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis Opens New Window.

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is a type of aseptic necrosis that happens in children.
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Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (rare, degenerative hip bone disease)
Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
Sciatic nerve damage due to spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease ...

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease -- poor blood flow to the hip that may stop or slow the normal growth of the leg
Malignant bone tumors (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma)
Sciatic nerve pain (radiating pain down the leg) caused by a slipped disk in the back.

Perthes disease - also known as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease or avascular necrosis of the hip
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Irritable hip syndrome
Soft tissue pain.
Osteoarthritis ...

Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI)
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Hip dysplasia
Osteoarthritis
Trauma to hip
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Children with avascular necrosis may have spasms in the hip muscle, have a limp, or refuse to bear weight. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is a type of avascular necrosis in children that causes hip symptoms.
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Legg-Calve-Perthes disease see Perthes disease
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See also: Perthes Disease, Symptom, Arthritis, Injury, Surgery