RT Book, Section
A1 Kolmodin, Joel
A1 Saluan, Paul M.
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Sabella, Camille
A2 Smith, Mindy Ann
A2 Mayeaux, E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
A2 Appachi, Elumalai
SR Print(0)
ID 1114873933
T1 Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (Scfe)
T2 The Color Atlas of Pediatrics
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176701-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114873933
RD 2024/04/18
AB A  10-year-old  male  presents  to  your  office  with  a  1-month  history  of  left  groin  pain  and  intermittent  left  medial  thigh  pain  as  well.  His  symptoms  are  typically  worse  with  activity,  and  his  parents  have  noted  that  he  limps.  His  parents  relate  that  he  has  had  a  similar  problems  in  the  past.  An  x-ray  of  the  left  hip  shows  a  slipped  capital  femoral  epiphysis  (Figures  89-1  and  89-2).  The  patient  is  made  non-weight  bearing,  he  is  immediately  admitted  to  the  hospital  and  Pediatric  Orthopedics  is  consulted  for  surgical  management.