title: Acute, unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis with associated congenital coxa vara.
abstract: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in patients younger than 10 years is rare and is often associated with some identifiable metabolic or endocrinologic abnormality. We present a case of a 5-year-old girl with an acute, unstable, severe slipped capital femoral epiphysis associated with congenital coxa vara and its surgical management. This association has not been described in previous literature. Surgical treatment is proposed and described.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital bDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kushare
authors.forename: Roger E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Wiltfong
authors.forename: Kevin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Klingele
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D060905:Coxa Vara / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D060048:Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery