Neuroblastoma : A differential diagnosis of irritable hip


Published online: Oct 27 2006

Arvind Mohan, Sunita R. Gossain

From the Kingston Hospital, Kingston-upon-Thames, United Kingdom

Abstract

We present a case report concerning a neuroblastoma of the hip that presented as an irritable hip in a 33-month-old girl. In patients presenting with an irritable hip, neuroblastoma is suggested by anaemia and can be missed with an ultrasound of the hip.