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Revision as of 16:50, 21 June 2016
Background
- D/t abnormal relationship of fem head to acetabulum, usu in o/w healthy infants prior to or shortly after birth
- <2% incidence
- 4-6X more common in girls
Clinical Features
- Early: see asymm soft tissue folds in groin, buttock & thigh, limb may be pulled prox & short
- Ortolani on ALL young inf in ED, flex hip & knee @ 90 degrees & the thigh is abducted, the lateral aspect of both thighs should touch the table, the dislocated side will be restricted & have "click" as head slips out of acetabulum
- by 6 wk <30% will have + ortolani or bartlow
Differential Diagnosis
Pediatric hip pain
- Acute rheumatic fever
- Developmental dysplasia of hip
- Femur fracture
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Septic arthritis of the hip (peds)
- Lyme disease arthritis
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Transient (toxic) synovitis
- Osteosarcoma
Diagnosis
- <3mo: Utz hip
- >3mo: AP pelvis with both legs extended in neutral abduction
- Shenton's line
- Acetabular angle should be <30'
Management
- Refer ALL patients to pediatric orthopedist
- 0-6 mo Pavlik harness or spica
- Older=ORIF