Pediatric Evaluation
Jessie is a 12-year-old male patient who presents with an onset of groin pain. The patient has a BMI of 28 and a recent growth spurt. The physical therapist notes the patient has a limp with external rotation of the affected leg during ambulation. Which of the following diagnoses is MOST likely?
A) Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
B) Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
C) Osgood-Schlatter Disease
D) Septic Arthritis
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