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Knee pain in children may be the result of injury, stress related phenomenon, infections, tumours and systemic illness. The age of the child is helpful when considering the possible diagnosis. It is important to exclude referred pain from clinical conditions that affect the hip (e.g. Slipped proximal femoral epiphysis) and the spine (e.g. spine tumours). A thorough history and full clinical examination is no substitute for investigations. This chapter examines the various clinical conditions of the knee joint.
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Khandekar, S., Jones, S. (2021). Paediatric Knee Disorders. In: Alshryda, S., Jackson, L., Thalange, N., AlHammadi, A. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedics for Primary Healthcare. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65214-2_15
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