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Slipped upper femoral epiphysis

Case contributed by Fakhry Mahmoud Ebouda
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pain in the left hip joint.

Patient Data

Age: 15 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Widening of the growth plate with irregularity and blurring of the physeal edges in slipped upper left femoral epiphysis.

Increased density in the proximal metaphysis is metaphyseal blanch with displaced left epiphysis with wide physis.

Marrow edema and slippage of the left upper femoral epiphysis are evident.

Case Discussion

Computed tomography scanning is a sensitive method of early diagnosis of SUFE and in measuring the degree of tilt.

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