https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2016.860

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in adults: case report and review of literature

Vol. 68 No. 1 (2016)
Submitted: 3 January 2016
Accepted: 29 April 2016
Published: 23 June 2016
Slipped, epyphisis, femur, adult, corticosteroids, bone.
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C.C. Macía-Villa
ccmacia@gmail.com
Department of Rheumatology, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
I. Sanchez-Lite
Department of Radiology, Muscleskeletal section, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
J. Medina-Luezas
Department of Rheumatology, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) mainly affects overweight prepubertal children. It is usually idiopathic, but endocrinological diseases are proposed as the main cause. SCFE occurs before the closing of the femoral physis, which generally occurs at 18 years in males and 16 years in females, therefore it is considered a children’s disease. However, there have been several reports of adults with SCFE and some familial cases. We present a case of bilateral SCFE in a 47 years old female with possible relationship with inhaled corticosteroids, and for the first time we collect and analyze all published cases in adults.

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C.C. Macía-Villa, Department of Rheumatology, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid
Medical doctor, Rheumatology department
I. Sanchez-Lite, Department of Radiology, Muscleskeletal section, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid
Medical doctor, Radiology department
J. Medina-Luezas, Department of Rheumatology, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid
Medical doctor and Head of department, Rheumatology department

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Macía-Villa, C., Sanchez-Lite, I., & Medina-Luezas, J. (2016). Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in adults: case report and review of literature. Reumatismo, 68(1), 40–47. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2016.860

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