Original Article
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Authors:
L Topff ,
Department of Radiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium, BE
G Gelin,
Department of Radiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium, BE
M Grieten
Department of Radiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium, BE
Abstract
Background: A 10-year-old boy presented with a 4-week history of limping gait and right knee pain. The patient did not have a fever. Physical examination revealed limited range of motion of the right hip. Standard laboratory inflammatory parameters were normal. Plain radiographs of the knee and hip taken in another hospital didn’t show abnormalities. Because of persistent diagnostic uncertainty, MRI of the hips was performed. Patient was treated surgically.
Published on
01 May 2014.
Peer Reviewed
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