Slipped upper femoral epiphysis after radiotherapy.
Eight slipped upper femoral epiphyses in patients who had had radiotherapy are described. These cases involved five patients in an "at risk" population of 48. This increased incidence is highly significant.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000528:radiation effects; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008649:Mesonephroma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000532:radiotherapy