title: PROXIMAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIOLYSIS AND SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM: CASE REPORT.
abstract: Proximal femoral epiphysiolysis is an orthopedic disease that is prevalent during adolescence, because this coincides with the time of greatest growth of osteomuscular structures. Curiously, some patients present this disease early, and this outcome converts to the possible etiological explanation that the slippage might occur through a growth spurt. For these patients, the genesis of the slippage has not yet been elucidated, but endocrine disorders have been noted as possible causes. In an attempt to strengthen the theory of endocrinological etiology and present the results from surgical treatment for this pathological condition, the case of a male patient aged 9 years and 3 months with proximal femoral epiphysiolysis and subclinical hypothyroidism who was diagnosed and treated at our university's teaching hospital is reported here.
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Medical Student (11 semester) at the Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Grasiele Correa
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Medical Student (11 semester) at the Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.affiliation: Physician and Specialist in Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology; Titular Professor of the Discipline of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sílvio Pereira
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Coelho
keywords: Bone Screws; Child; Epiphyses, Slipped; Hypothyroidism