TY - JOUR
T1 - Avulsion fracture of the lesser trochanter
T2 - An unusual cause of hip pain in an adolescent
AU - Vazquez, Eugenio
AU - Kim, Tommy Y.
AU - Young, Timothy P.
N1 - Avulsion fracture of the lesser trochanter: an unusual cause of hip pain in an adolescent - Volume 15 Issue 2 - Eugenio Vazquez, Tommy Y. Kim, Timothy P. Young
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Sports injuries involving the hip and groin are common. Special consideration must be given to musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents as their immature skeletons have growth plates that are relatively weaker than the tendons and ossified bone to which they connect. We present a case of an adolescent athlete with acute-onset groin pain who was found to have an avulsion fracture of the lesser trochanter. © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
AB - Sports injuries involving the hip and groin are common. Special consideration must be given to musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents as their immature skeletons have growth plates that are relatively weaker than the tendons and ossified bone to which they connect. We present a case of an adolescent athlete with acute-onset groin pain who was found to have an avulsion fracture of the lesser trochanter. © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Avulsion fracture
KW - Hip pain
KW - Lesser trochanter
KW - Hip Fractures/complications
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Arthralgia/diagnosis
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Athletic Injuries/complications
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U2 - 10.2310/8000.2012.120613
DO - 10.2310/8000.2012.120613
M3 - Article
C2 - 23458147
SN - 1481-8035
VL - 15
SP - 123
EP - 125
JO - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 2
ER -