Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition where the head of the thigh bone slips off the neck of the bone at the growth plate. The growth plate is the area of cartilage at the end of the ...

Pathophysiology. The top of the femur, known as the capital femoral epiphysis, serves as the ball of the hip joint when the acetabulum is the socket. In SCFE, the acetabulum holds the femoral head in ...

The patient was brought to the hospital when his hip discomfort worsened. A set of x-rays confirmed the diagnosis. The mother of a 9-year-old boy reported that her son fell off a two-foot-high stage ...

The capital femoral epiphysis forms part of the ball‑and‑socket joint of the hip. In children and adolescents the ball and shaft of the femur are connected by a layer of soft cartilage, known as the ...