Hip pain in childhood

Abstract Hip pain in a child can have infectious, inflammatory, traumatic, neoplastic, or developmental causes, which can make the diagnosis challenging. Meticulous history taking and a detailed clinical examination guide the radiological investigation. In this article, we address some of the main causes of hip pain in childhood and their findings on diagnostic imaging.

摘要：儿童髋关节疼痛的病因涵盖感染性、炎症性、创伤性、肿瘤性与发育性诸多类型，这使得临床诊断颇具挑战性。细致的病史采集与全面的体格检查可为影像学检查提供指引。本文将探讨儿童髋关节疼痛的主要致病原因及其在诊断影像学中的特征性表现。