A 5-year-old boy presents with acute onset right hip pain and limp, low-grade fever, and inability to bear weight. ESR and CRP are elevated. Which dia...

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A 5-year-old boy presents with acute onset right hip pain and limp, low-grade fever, and inability to bear weight. ESR and CRP are elevated. Which diagnosis is most important to urgently exclude?

Accepted Answer

Septic arthritis of the hip

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Transient synovitis

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Developmental dysplasia of the hip

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Perthes disease

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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Septic arthritis of the hip

A 5-year-old boy presents with acute onset right hip pain and limp, low-grade fever, and inability to bear weight. ESR and CRP are elevated. Which diagnosis is most important to urgently exclude?