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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis due to pituitary hypoplasia related panhypopituitarism: Case report and review of literature

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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is the most common hip disorder in adolescents, and it has a prevalence of 10.8 cases per 100,000 children. SCFE in adults is uncommon, with only 22 cases reported in the literature, and only 10 of them were related to panhypopituitarism. This article presents a 26-year-old man with panhypopituitarism who developed pain in the left hip and knee that proved to be a slipped femoral capital epiphysis, he was treated by in situ pinning and hormone replacement therapy. Most patients with congenital hypopituitarism present at young age when short stature is noted during childhood. This case with normal body height and had no medical care until the presentation of SCFE, which is unusual for hypopituitarism.

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