title: Slipped upper femoral epiphysis: a case of missed diagnosis.
abstract: A slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE) is a known hip disorder in adolescents in which the proximal femoral epiphysis slips and displaces relative to the metaphysis. We report an obese 12-year-old boy who presented with acute pain in the left hip after a fall. He was otherwise healthy with no prior joint pain. Pelvic radiography was misread twice before a second fall led to a severe SUFE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. drkortho@gmail.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Kamal
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Maj
authors.forename: Abdul Halim
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ar
authors.forename: Srijit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography