title: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in osteopetrosis: an unusual case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara University, Ibn-ï Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. kinik@dialup.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinik
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mergen
mesh_terms: 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