Sever’s Disease in a Patient Receiving Growth Hormone with no Causative Relation

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• calcaneal apophysitis
• heel pain
• somatropin treatment