A Case of a child with Legg- Calvé- Perthes disease by Dr Paul Mutani in Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences.
A Case of a child with Legg- Calvé- Perthes disease by Dr Paul Mutani in Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences. Abstract Legg- Calvé- Perthes Disease (LCPD) can either be a unilateral or bilateral necrosis of the head of femur, and affects more male children and adolescents less than 15 years. The incidence of LCPD ranges from 0.4/100,000 to 29.0/ 100,000 children and has multifactorial aetiology where environmental, metabolic or genetic causes may come into play. It usually presents with hip pain and treatment could be surgical or non-surgical. We present a case of LCPD in a 14 years old girl participating in a vaccine trial evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of HPV vaccines (DoRIS trial). The girl reported right hip pain which was associated with limping and limb shortening 15 months after completing the vaccination schedule. Pelvis x ray findings were suggestive of LCPD. She was treated conservatively with vertical compensation ...