Differential diagnosis of irritable hip in a child will include all except :
A. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
B. Snapping hip
C. Perthe's disease
D. Tuberculosis of the hip
A. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
B. Snapping hip
C. Perthe's disease
D. Tuberculosis of the hip
Ans. B. Snapping hip
The term
irritable hip is attached to a well recognized syndrome of transient hip pain
and restriction of movement in an otherwise healthy child, generally the
symptoms last for 1-2 weeks and tl: 1 en subside spontaneously hence the
synonym 'transient synovitis".
