Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy on valproic acid and levetiracetam for epilepsy: a case report

Osama R. Aldhafian

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjae058

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy on valproic acid and levetiracetam for epilepsy: a case report

Osama R. Aldhafian

Surgery

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Abstract

This study presents a rare case of unilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis treated surgically in a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who was born at 27 weeks’ gestation and developed grade III intraventricular haemorrhage and periventricular leucomalacia and was on antiepileptic drugs, including valproic acid and levetiracetam for >3 years. The patient had no history of endocrine, renal, and significant familial diseases.

Original language	English
Article number	058
Journal	Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Volume	2024
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjae058
State	Published - 1 Feb 2024

Keywords

cerebral palsy
hip pain
levetiracetam
slipped capital femoral epiphysis
valproic acid

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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy on valproic acid and levetiracetam for epilepsy: a case report

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