title: Apophyseal avulsion fracture of the greater trochanter after slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a case report.
abstract: A 13-year-old boy sustained an avulsion fracture of the left greater trochanter eight months after surgical stabilisation of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis on the same side. In this specific case, avulsion of the greater trochanter after slipping of the capital femoral epiphysis may have been facilitated by weakening of the trochanteric physis.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Orthopaedic Department, Children's Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. dimitri.ceroni@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ceroni
authors.forename: Geraldo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Coulon
authors.forename: Vicenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaelin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001863:Bone Screws; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome