Sawicka-Gutaj N, Woźniak W, Naczk J, Pochylski M, Kruczyński J, Budny B, Szczepanek-Parulska E, Ruchała M. "Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a 25-year-old hypogonadic man with a large cranial chondroma: causality or coincidence? ".
BMC Endocr Disord 2021;
21:167. [PMID:
34404399 PMCID:
PMC8369671 DOI:
10.1186/s12902-021-00828-0]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a hip disorder frequently occurring in adolescence. In adults it is rare and so far very few cases have been documented.
CASE PRESENTATION
This report presents a 25-year-old patient diagnosed with an anterior fossa giant chondroma, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and SCFE. The patient underwent surgical and hormonal therapy. His symptoms revealed, and he became a father.
CONCLUSIONS
Every patient diagnosed with SCFE in adulthood should undergo endocrinological assessment based on physical examination and laboratory tests.
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