Acute Transient Epiphysitis of the Hip Joint

There is a disease of the hip incident to childhood, which, in view of the frequency of its occurrence, is not given as much textbook emphasis or as much detailed description in collateral writings as it deserves. To distinguish it from acute septic epiphysitis, or septic hip, this condition should be termed acute transient epiphysitis. The clinical course of the latter differs so decidedly from that of the former that I believe it should be recognized as an entity with its own classification. Certainly, a different method of clinical management is indicated. Much emphasis has been given to destructive septic epiphysitis of the hip, no doubt owing to the fact that it is attended by profound illness and prone to be followed by permanent disability and deformity. Acute transient epiphysitis of the hip as described here causes a child to be sick, creates temporary or permanent deformity depending on the