Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

**Definition:** A particular type of FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.

**Tree numbers:** - C05.116.852.175.570

**Synonyms:** - Coxa Plana - Legg-Calve-Perthes Syndrome - Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease - Legg-Calvé-Perthes Syndrome - Legg-Perthes Disease - Osteochondritis Deformans - Perthes Disease