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Preferred term

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Adolescent Coxa Vara
  • Adolescent Coxa Varas
  • Coxa Vara, Adolescent
  • Epiphysiolysis Capitis Femoris
  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
  • Slipped Femoral Capital Epiphyses

Scope note

  • A developmental deformity in which the metaphysis of the FEMUR moves proximally and anteriorly away from FEMUR HEAD (epiphysis) at the upper GROWTH PLATE. It is most common in male adolescents and is associated with a greater risk of early OSTEOARTHRITIS of the hip.

History note

  • 2012

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D060048

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