Presentation
Hip pain. Limp.
Patient Data
Age: 8 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Perthes disease
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Right femoral epiphysis is asymmetrically smaller than the left. There is also a subchondral lucency in keeping with avascular necrosis.
Case Discussion
This patient was followed over a number of years and the femoral epiphysis continued to collapse, and eventually required a femoral osteotomy to correct femoral malalignment.
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