Avulsion fracture of the lesser trochanter: An unusual cause of hip pain in an adolescent

Eugenio Vazquez, Tommy Y. Kim, Timothy P. Young

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    Abstract

    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)123-125
    Number of pages3
    JournalCanadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
    Volume15
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Feb 2013

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Emergency Medicine

    Keywords

    • Adolescent
    • Avulsion fracture
    • Hip pain
    • Lesser trochanter
    • Hip Fractures/complications
    • Diagnosis, Differential
    • Arthralgia/diagnosis
    • Humans
    • Male
    • Athletic Injuries/complications

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