Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a patient referred to physical therapy for knee pain.
The radiographs of this patient, an 11-year-old female with progressively worsening right knee pain, were significant for a right slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). The patient was referred to the orthopaedic surgeon on-call and underwent surgical fixation of her SCFE on the day of diagnosis.
Greene
Kristi A
KA
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Vallejo, CA, USA.
Ross
Michael D
MD
D002648:Child; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000503:physiopathology*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011859:Radiography