What is Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
What is Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: Femur/hip bone disease mostly in children.
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: A particular type of FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.
Source - Diseases Database
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, or a subtype of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Legg-Calve-Perthes disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: Introduction
Types of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
Broader types of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
Who gets Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
Patient Profile for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: Mostly children 5-10
How serious is Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
Complications of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
see complications of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
What causes Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
Causes of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: see causes of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Cause of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: Necrosis (death) of bone tissue
What are the symptoms of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
Symptoms of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
see symptoms of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Complications of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
see complications of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Can anyone else get Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
see treatments for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Research for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
see research for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Organs Affected by Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
Organs and body systems related to Legg-Calve-Perthes disease include:
Name and Aliases of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Main name of condition: Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Other names or spellings for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease:
Perthes disease
Juvenile osteochondrosis of head of femur, Calve-Legg-Perthes disease, Coxa plana, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Source - Diseases Database
Osteochondritis deformans, Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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