Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in osteopetrosis: an unusual case.
We report on a 9-year-old boy who has type II autosomal dominant osteopetrosis associated with a chronic grade II slipped capital femoral epiphysis. He was treated with a single cannulated screw. This rare association has been reported only once.
Kinik
Hakan
H
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara University, Ibn-ï Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. kinik@dialup.ankara.edu.tr
Polat
Onur
O
Yildiz
Yusuf
Y
Mergen
Ertan
E
D001863:Bone Screws; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography