Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
RARE DISEASE
Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis; Slipped upper femoral epiphysis; Slipped epiphysis; Slipped capitofemoral epiphyses; Slipped capital femoral epiphyses
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE or skiffy, slipped upper femoral epiphysis, SUFE or , coxa vara adolescentium) is a medical term referring to a fracture through the growth plate (physis), which results in slippage of the overlying end of the femur (metaphysis).