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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Eugenio Vazquez ,
Tommy Y. Kim  and
Timothy P. Young
Eugenio Vazquez*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA
Tommy Y. Kim
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA
Timothy P. Young
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA
*
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, A-108, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, 11234 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354; Evazquez@llu.edu

Abstract

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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.

Keywords

adolescentavulsion fracturehip painlesser trochanter
Type
Case Report • Rapport de cas
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , March 2012 , pp. 124 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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