The correct answer is:
A slipped epiphysis could occur with this history however this type of mechanical symptom would make the hip unstable and acutely very painful so he would have been brought by ambulance. A knee xray is indicated and the hip only if he is tender with the roll test of the hip (Internally and externally rotating the hip with him lying supine).
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