Femoral Head Fracture without Dislocation by Low-Energy Trauma in a Young Adult.
10.4055/cios.2011.3.4.336
- Author:
Pil Whan YOON
1
;
Hyun Seok JEONG
;
Jeong Joon YOO
;
Kyung Hoi KOO
;
Kang Sup YOON
;
Hee Joong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. oskim@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Femoral head fracture;
Indentation fracture
- MeSH:
Femur Head/*injuries;
Hip Fractures/*diagnosis/etiology;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Young Adult
- From:Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
2011;3(4):336-341
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
