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QUESTION: What’s The Diagnosis In This Child With Lower Extremity Pain?

 

A child presents with a PAINFUL lower extremity. The pediatric board question states that he also has “decreased exercise tolerance.” You’re asked to identify the disorder. His cardiac and pulmonary exam are unremarkable but an x-ray of a LONG BONE is shown with various findings. Of the multiple findings in the images below, the white arrow points to the “classic” finding associated with this disorder.

QUESTIONS:

  1. Can you name the disorder?
  2. Can you name the classic findings shown in the images?

Classic x-ray findings shown in this child with leg pain

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