LIMP

 

• Degenerative joint disease, osteochondritis dissecans, chrondomalacia patellae.

• Trauma to extremities, vertebral disc, hips.

• Poorly fitting shoes, foreign body in shoe, unequal leg length.

• Splinter in foot.

• Joint infection (septic arthritis, osteomyelitis), viral arthritis.

• Abdominal pain (e.g., appendicitis, incarcerated hernia), testicular torsion.

• Polio,   neuromuscular   disorders,   Guillain-Barre   syndrome,   multiple sclerosis.

• Osgood-Schlatter disease.

• Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.

• Factitious, somatization syndrome.

• Neoplasm (local or metastatic).

• Other: discitis, periostitis, sickle cell disease, hemophilia.