Slipped capital femoral epiphysis associated with peripheral osteoarticular tuberculosis.
We report a case of slipped capital femoral epiphysis that developed associated with a peripheral osteoarticular tuberculosis lesion located at the proximal metaphysis of the femur in contact with the growth plate in a 12-year-old boy. Multiple factors have been involved in slipped capital femoral epiphysis pathogenesis, but we believe an osteoarticular tuberculosis lesion is not a common finding as a possible etiological factor causing weakness of the growth plate and, therefore, the femoral head displacement.
Farrington
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Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville 41014, Spain.
Melini de Paz
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Moral Pinteño
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D001706:Biopsy; D001863:Bone Screws; D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005270:Femur Head; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic; D010146:Pain / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012399:Rotation; D014143:Traction; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy