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SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS FOLLOWING RADIOTHERAPY AND DURING TREATMENT WITH GROWTH HORMONE

No 13, #4F-3, Lane 194, Chang-An St, Taipei, Taiwan

A one-year-8-month-old girl who received radiotherapy and chemotheraphy after excision of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma from left labium majus pudendi developed slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) over right hip when she was 9 years old. After mild limp had been noted for 6 months she was then referred to pediatric orthopedic surgeon and two Knowles pins were used to fix the slipping. The second case was a 17-year-old girl with Turner syndrome. SCFE developed during the growth hormone therapy and it was treated with percutaneous pinning with two cannnulated screws. The possibility of developing SCFE should always be kept in mind when treating and following these particular cases to avoid delay of diagnosis.

The abstracts were prepared by Professor Jegan Krishnan. Correspondence should be addressed to him at the Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park 5047, Australia.