differential diagnosis
Last reviewed 05/2023
The differential diagnosis includes:
- cellulitis
- acute suppurative arthritis
- rheumatic fever
- sickle-cell crisis
- Gaucher's disease
In young children an important differential is Caffey's disease.
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