Differential diagnosis of irritable hip in a child will include all except: (A) Slipped capital femoral epiphysis, (B) Snapping hip, (C) Pehe's disease, (D) Tuberculosis of the hip
Answer is B. Snapping hip The term irritable hip is attached to a well recognized syndrome of transient hip pain and restriction of movement in an otherwise healthy child, generally the symptoms last for 1-2 weeks and tl: 1 en subside spontaneously hence the synonym 'transient synovitis".