Citation

Thavarajah D, Maroju RS, Narayanaswamy L. Ann. R. Coll. Surg. Engl. 2009; 91(7): 4-5.

Affiliation

Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK. dushanthavarajah@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Royal College of Surgeons of England)

DOI

10.1308/147870809X450593

PMID

19833009

PMCID

PMC2966167

Abstract

A 15-year-old male patient of slim habitus presented three times over 3 days to the emergency department. Four weeks prior to the first attendance, he apparently injured his left knee in a sudden jolt whilst going on a 'bumper car' (dodgems) at a funfair. Since this incident, he had walked with a limp due to the pain in his left knee. He had sustained a slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE) through this unusual mechanism of injury.

Language: en