Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease eMedicine Emergency

Description: Synonyms and related keywords: LCPD, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, Legg disease, Legg's disease, Legg-Perthes disease, Calvé-Perthes disease, coxa plana, osteochondritis deformans juvenilis, Perthes disease, pseudocoxalgia, quiet hip disease, idiopathic osteonecrosis of capital femoral epiphysis of femoral head, hip pain, groin pain, knee pain, thigh pain, limp, decreased range of motion, painful gait, atrophy of thigh muscles, muscle spasm, thigh atrophy, short stature, Roll test, bone infarction, subchondral fracture, degenerative arthritis
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is the name given to idiopathic osteonecrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis of the femoral head. The goal of treatment is to avoid severe degenerative arthritis.