{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,28]],"date-time":"2026-02-28T05:17:19Z","timestamp":1772255839178,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":8,"publisher":"BMJ","content-domain":{"domain":["bmj.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["BMJ Case Reports"],"accepted":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Perthes disease represents a transient interruption of the blood supply to the femoral head followed by collapse and subsequent remodelling. The majority of cases present between the ages of 4 and 10\u2005years. We report the case of a child who developed a painful right-sided limp some days after his second birthday. The limp was initially interpreted as a transient synovitis of the hip. However, when the limp persisted, further investigations revealed that he had Perthes disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bcr-2014-206731","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,2]],"date-time":"2015-03-02T06:17:18Z","timestamp":1425277038000},"page":"bcr2014206731","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Perthes disease in a 2-year-old child"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"2015","author":[{"given":"Daphne","family":"Dhas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals, Peterborough, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aparna","family":"Viswanath","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals, Peterborough, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1515-1392","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mark David","family":"Latimer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals, Peterborough, UK"},{"name":"Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/BPB.0b013e3282f9461e"},{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01202412-200601000-00004"},{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"238","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.69B2.3818754","article-title":"Transient synovitis of the hip. Its incidence, epidemiology and relation to Perthes\u2019 disease","volume":"69","author":"Landin","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"71","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.69B1.3818737","article-title":"The influence of joint posture on intra-articular pressure. A study of transient synovitis and Perthes\u2019 disease","volume":"69","author":"Vegter","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"808","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.68B5.3782251","article-title":"Transient synovitis and Perthes\u2019 disease. Is there an aetiological connection?","volume":"68","author":"Kallio","year":"1986","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.1097\/00003086-198608000-00012","article-title":"Epidemiology of Perthes disease","volume":"209","author":"Barker","year":"1986","journal-title":"Clin Orthop Rel Res"},{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.1097\/00003086-197707000-00036","article-title":"Avascular necrosis of the femoral head in children under the age of three","volume":"126","author":"Herold","year":"1977","journal-title":"Clin Orthop Relat Res"},{"key":"2025082704045800000_2015.mar02_1.bcr2014206731.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archpedi.153.9.942"}],"container-title":["BMJ Case Reports"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.1136\/bcr-2014-206731","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,27]],"date-time":"2025-08-27T11:05:02Z","timestamp":1756292702000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/casereports.bmj.com\/lookup\/doi\/10.1136\/bcr-2014-206731"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,2]]},"references-count":8,"alternative-id":["10.1136\/bcr-2014-206731"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bcr-2014-206731","relation":{},"ISSN":["1757-790X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1757-790X","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,2]]}}}