Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, also Perthes disease, is an idiopathic avascular necrosis of the femoral head in a child.

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FEMORAL HEAD AND JOINT CAPSULE, LEFT, HIP ARTHROPLASTY:
- DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE COMPATIBLE WITH A HISTORY OF PERTHES DISEASE.
- BENIGN JOINT CAPSULE TISSUE.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

See also

• Avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
• Slipped capital femoral epiphysis.