Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult

Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult

We describe the case of a healthy young man with a femoral head fracture by low-energy trauma that occurred without evidence of hip dislocation. While plain radiographs showed no definite fracture or dislocation, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a femoral head f...

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Main Authors: Yoon, Pil Whan, Jeong, Hyun Seok, Yoo, Jeong Joon, Koo, Kyung-Hoi, Yoon, Kang Sup, Kim, Hee Joong
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Orthopaedic Association 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232363/
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spelling pubmed-32323632011-12-08 Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult Yoon, Pil Whan Jeong, Hyun Seok Yoo, Jeong Joon Koo, Kyung-Hoi Yoon, Kang Sup Kim, Hee Joong Case Report We describe the case of a healthy young man with a femoral head fracture by low-energy trauma that occurred without evidence of hip dislocation. While plain radiographs showed no definite fracture or dislocation, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a femoral head fracture with a wedge-shaped cortical depression at the superomedial aspect of the femoral head. Our patient reported feeling that the right hip had been displaced from its joint for a moment. This probably represented subluxation with spontaneous relocation. The characteristic findings and possible mechanisms of this fracture were postulated on the basis of the sequential 3 dimensional-CT and MRI. The clinical results of conservative treatment were better than those of previously reported indentation fractures. The Korean Orthopaedic Association 2011-12 2011-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3232363/ /pubmed/22162798 http://dx.doi.org/10.4055/cios.2011.3.4.336 Text en Copyright © 2011 by The Korean Orthopaedic Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Yoon, Pil Whan
Jeong, Hyun Seok
Yoo, Jeong Joon
Koo, Kyung-Hoi
Yoon, Kang Sup
Kim, Hee Joong
spellingShingle Yoon, Pil Whan
Jeong, Hyun Seok
Yoo, Jeong Joon
Koo, Kyung-Hoi
Yoon, Kang Sup
Kim, Hee Joong
Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult
author_facet Yoon, Pil Whan
Jeong, Hyun Seok
Yoo, Jeong Joon
Koo, Kyung-Hoi
Yoon, Kang Sup
Kim, Hee Joong
author_sort Yoon, Pil Whan
title Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult
title_short Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult
title_full Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult
title_fullStr Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult
title_full_unstemmed Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult
title_sort femoral head fracture without dislocation by low-energy trauma in a young adult
description We describe the case of a healthy young man with a femoral head fracture by low-energy trauma that occurred without evidence of hip dislocation. While plain radiographs showed no definite fracture or dislocation, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a femoral head fracture with a wedge-shaped cortical depression at the superomedial aspect of the femoral head. Our patient reported feeling that the right hip had been displaced from its joint for a moment. This probably represented subluxation with spontaneous relocation. The characteristic findings and possible mechanisms of this fracture were postulated on the basis of the sequential 3 dimensional-CT and MRI. The clinical results of conservative treatment were better than those of previously reported indentation fractures.
publisher The Korean Orthopaedic Association
publishDate 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232363/
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