Slipped capital femoral epiphysis with hypothyroidism treated by nonoperative method.
Patients receiving growth hormone or thyroid hormone are likely to develop a slipped capital femoral epiphysis during the period of spurt in growth. While pin fixation of these hips has been the popular method of treatment, it is possible to treat Grade I slips successfully by nonoperative methods provided that protection from weight-bearing is maintained until fusion of the epiphysis is complete.
D000293:Adolescent; D001846:Bone Development / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013963:Thyroid Hormones