Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease
osteochondrosis that results in death and fracture located in hip joint
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Summary
Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is a rare disease[1]. It draws 4,153 Wikipedia views per month (rare disease category, ranking #95 of 627).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Karel Maydl[3]
- Instance of: class of disease[4], symptom or sign[5]
- Named after: Georg Perthes[6], Arthur Thornton Legg[7], Jacques Calvé[8]
- Subclass of: osteochondrosis[9], osteonecrosis of the femoral head[10], type 2 collagen-related bone disorder[11], osteochondrosis of genetic origin[12]
- Commons category: Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease[13]
- ICPC 2 ID: L94[14]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34766[16]
- Health specialty: rheumatology[17], orthopedics[18]
- Genetic association: COL2A1[19]
- Age of onset: childhood onset[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14415[21], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:14415[22], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0005743[23], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_2380[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[25]
- Has phenotype: tooth abnormality[26], joint dislocation[27], Delayed skeletal maturation[28], arthralgia[29], skeletal muscle atrophy[30], short stature[31], osteonecrosis[32]
- P14541: 2xisw6[33], 11kCQL[34]
- P14914: D02380[35]
Why It Matters
Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]