Afebrile preschooler with a painful left limp who “walks like a monster”

Radiograph of transient synovitis of the hip
AP (above) and frog leg (below) radiographs of the pelvis show the left femoral head on both views is slightly more displaced laterally than the right femoral head, suggesting the presence of a left hip effusion.

The diagnosis was transient synovitis of the left hip.