title: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: still an emergency.
abstract: Two case histories are presented in which acute progression of slipped capital femoral epiphysis occurred after a radiographic diagnosis of chronic slipped capital femoral epiphysis had been made. The importance of recognizing the potential for acute progression of a slipped epiphysis and the need for prompt orthopedic intervention are emphasized.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography