Sever’s Disease in a Patient Receiving Growth Hormone with no Causative Relation
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Correspondence
Dr. Erdal Kurnaz,
Attending Physician, Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital,
Paediatric Endocrinology Clinic, Altindag/Ankara-06020, Turkey.
E-mail: erdalkurnaz44@gmail.com
Growth Hormone (GH) shows its main effect on bones and muscle tissues. There are reports of orthopaedic complications including carpal tunnel syndrome, Legg-Calve-Perthe’s disease, scoliosis, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis with GH use in the literature, except for calcaneal apophysitis (Sever’s disease). We hereby present the case of a 13-year-old male who was treated with GH for GH deficiency and developed Sever’s disease in the first year of treatment.