The Epidemiology and Demographics of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

Figure 1

A normal and abnormal epiphyseal line as described by Klein et al. [11] in an 11 year 6 month old boy with a left SCFE. In this anterior-posterior pelvis radiograph proximal prolongation of the superior neck line transects the epiphysis in the normal hip (right) but either lies flush with or does not transect the epiphysis in SCFE (left hip).