RT Book, Section
A1 Ritter, Kathryn
A1 Fitch, Robert Warne
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181043728
T1 Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181043728
RD 2024/04/23
AB Slipped  capital  femoral  epiphysis  (SCFE)  typically  affects  adolescents  during  a  growth  spurt.  This  condition  is  more  common  in  boys,  and  it  typically  occurs  between  ages  13  and  16.  Patients  present  with  hip  pain  or  referred  pain  to  the  knee.  These  patients  commonly  have  a  limp.  On  physical  exam,  the  affected  leg  may  be  externally  rotated  and  shortened.