Isolated Knee Pain as a Presentation for Proximal Femur Fracture in Paediatrics
- Author:
AMIRUDIN S
- Collective Name:AMIRUDIN S; ISMAIL MS
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
bone cysts;
child;
hip fractures
- From:Medicine and Health
2019;14(1):270-274
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Proximal femur fracture in paediatric patients are very rare and can easily be
missed especially when the history of trauma is so trivial, and associated with
pathological fracture. We report a case of 6-year-old girl with a history of left knee
pain following a fall from a height of 2 feet. She was treated as a soft tissue injury
of the left knee as the left knee radiograph was normal. She was reassessed at
day 3 of injury with worsening symptoms. Radiograph of the pelvis and left knee
revealed a comminuted intertrochanteric fracture of left femur with an underlying
bone cyst. We would like to highlight this case report to avoid missing a proxima femur fracture where a trivial trauma resulted In the presentation of a non-specific
knee pain. Femur fracture in peadiatric age group can result in the significant
complication of growth such as osteoporosis.
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