"Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a 25-year-old hypogonadic man with a large cranial chondroma: causality or coincidence? "

BMC Endocr Disord. 2021 Aug 17;21(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s12902-021-00828-0.

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.

Keywords: Chondroma; Hip; Hypogonadism; Slipped capital femoral epiphysis; Tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chondroma / complications
  • Chondroma / pathology*
  • Chondroma / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypogonadism / complications
  • Hypogonadism / pathology*
  • Hypogonadism / therapy
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Skull Neoplasms / complications
  • Skull Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skull Neoplasms / therapy
  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses / complications
  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses / pathology*
  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses / therapy