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  2. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis - Wikipedia

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    Slipped capital femoral epiphysis; Other names: Slipped upper femoral epiphysis, coxa vara adolescentium, SCFE, SUFE: X-ray showing a slipped capital femoral epiphysis, before and after surgical fixation. Specialty: Orthopedic surgery Symptoms: Groin pain, referred knee and thigh pain, waddling gait, restricted range of motion of leg: Usual ...

  3. Coxa vara - Wikipedia

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    In early skeletal development, a common physis serves the greater trochanter and the capital femoral epiphysis. This physis divides as growth continues in a balance that favors the capital epiphysis and creates a normal neck shaft angle (angle between the femoral shaft and the neck). The corresponding angle at maturity is 135 ± 7 degrees.

  4. Drehmann sign - Wikipedia

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    The positive Drehmann sign is a typical clinical feature in slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), the impingement syndrome of the acetabulum-hip, or in osteoarthritis of the hip joint. [ 3 ] References

  5. Klein's line - Wikipedia

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    Klein's line or the line of Klein is a virtual line that can be drawn on an X-ray of an adolescent's hip parallel to the anatomically upper edge of the femoral neck.It was the first tool to aid in the early diagnosis of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), which if treated late or left untreated leads to crippling arthritis, leg length discrepancy and lost range of motion.

  6. Limp - Wikipedia

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    A limp is a type of asymmetric abnormality of the gait.Limping may be caused by pain, weakness, neuromuscular imbalance, or a skeletal deformity. The most common underlying cause of a painful limp is physical trauma; however, in the absence of trauma, other serious causes, such as septic arthritis or slipped capital femoral epiphysis, may be present.

  7. Doctors Say This Nighttime Behavior Can Be A Sign Of Dementia

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    Also known as “sundowner’s syndrome,” sundowning is a set of symptoms or behaviors that can be seen in some people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s ...

  8. Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia - Wikipedia

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    There are very small capital femoral epiphyses and hypoplastic, poorly formed acetabular roofs. [1] A waddling gait may develop. Knees have metaphyseal widening and irregularity while hands have brachydactyly (short fingers) and proximal metacarpal rounding. Flat feet are very common. [2]

  9. Some hospitals seeing increase in RSV, 'walking pneumonia ...

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    For the week ending Nov. 2, the latest for which CDC data is available, 2.8% of all pneumonia-associated ED visits led to an M. pneumoniae diagnosis, up from just 2% at the end of September.