PROXIMAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIOLYSIS AND SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM: CASE REPORT.

Autor: de Mello GC; Undergraduate Medical Student (11 semester) at the Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil., Grossi G; Undergraduate Medical Student (11 semester) at the Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil., Coelho SP; Physician and Specialist in Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology; Titular Professor of the Discipline of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de ortopedia [Rev Bras Ortop] 2015 Nov 04; Vol. 47 (5), pp. 662-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 04 (Print Publication: 2012).
DOI: 10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30021-5
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE