Complication of an insufficiency fracture of the acetabulum.
Hip Int
; 18(3): 236-8, 2008.
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| ID: mdl-18924082
ABSTRACT
An 83-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a history of pain in the left hip of gradual onset over several days. There was no history of trauma and the X rays showed degenerative changes in the hip joint but no apparent fracture. She was sent home after being given reassurance, analgesics and a cane. Three weeks later she returned unable to mobilise after falling while getting out of bed and injuring the left hip. On this occasion the X-rays showed an acetabular fracture with femoral head protrusio. A CT scan confirmed the diagnosis and also demonstrated the absence of a haematoma in the surrounding soft tissues. The latter is characteristic of insufficiency fractures. Orthopaedic surgeons require a high index of suspicion for insufficiency fractures of the pelvis, femoral head and femoral neck in elderly osteoporotic patients who complain of hip pain without any history of trauma.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fraturas de Estresse
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Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa
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Acetábulo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hip Int
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha