SCFE is a pediatric condition in which the femoral epiphysis (what will later become the femoral head) “slips” from its location on the growth plate. The direction of slipping is most often posteriorly and inferiorly in relation to the growth plate, also called the femoral physis, and the metaphysis. The slipped appearance on x-ray is often compared to a scoop of ice cream sliding off a cone.
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Read MoreA previously healthy ten-year-old girl presented to the pediatric emergency department, accompanied by her mother, with two days of lower abdominal pain and urinary frequency and urgency...
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