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Objective: Leg pain is a common complaint in childhood and is one of the most common causes of admission to pediatric rheumatology outpatient clinics. The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic data and etiology of patients presenting with leg pain and to reveal common causes. Material and Methods: The files of patients who presented to our pediatric rheumatology outpatient department between August 2018 and August 2019 due to leg pain were retrospectively reviewed. Patient demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were obtained from the patients' files and hospital database. An information form that collected data on patient gender and current age, age at disease onset, age at diagnosis was completed for all patients. Results: The study included 270 patients with an average age of 10.4 ± 4.8 years, including 170 (63%) females and 100 (37%) males. The average age of onset of complaints was 9.1 ± 3.2 years. The most common cause of leg pain was hypermobility syndrome with 74 (27.4%) patients. Respectively, 41 (15%) patients were diagnosed with growing pain, 39 (14.4%) patients with Osgood-Schlatter disease, 32 (11.8%) patients with post-infectious arthritis / arthralgia, 28 (10.3%) patients with fibromyalgia, 20 (7.4%) patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Two patients had acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 10 patients had acute rheumatic fever. All patients with fibromyalgia were girls and adolescents. 62.5% of leg pain was bilateral. 44% of patients really had leg pain. Although the complaint of presentation in other patients was leg pain, it was not the legs but the localized knee and angles. Conclusion: Leg pain is a common complaint both in childhood and adolescence. Hypermobility syndrome was the most common cause in both periods. Osgood-Schlatter disease and fibromyalgia should be considered especially in adolescence and growing pain in childhood. In addition to these benign diseases, diseases such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis and acute rheumatic fever should be considered, especially when the joint is swollen. Leukemia, avascular necrosis and meniscopathies may also present with leg pain. As a result, leg pain in children is a complaint that should be considered and patients should be questioned well and differential diagnosis should be done well.

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