Fig. 2.
Pelvic radiograph shows Hilgenreiner’s line (horizontal line) and Perkin’s line (vertical lines). The upper femoral epiphysis should be below Hilgenreiner’s line and medial to Perkin’s line in the inferomedial quadrant.
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