![]() ![]() He also suffered additional injuries to his head and chest.įollowing trauma patient had left-sided chest pain, frontal headache and severe pain in his left hip region. Subsequently, he fell with his left hip caught between the floor and bike. Patient tried to avert fall using his left lower limb, but instead, was dragged along with the bike his left lower limb caught in between the bike and road. While driving at high speed, his bike collided with a truck traveling in opposite direction. CASE REPORTĪ 48 years old male presented with history of road traffic accident. We describe a similar rare medley and highlight probable mechanism of development, best diagnostic investigation and its appropriate management. Contrary to this, post-traumatic ipsilateral fracture of the femur head and subcapital femur neck without hip dislocation finds its mention in isolated case reports two cases by Kang-II Kim et al. Ipsilateral fractures of femur head and neck with dislocation of hip joint are more commonly encountered and are well described in the English literature. Thus, acquaintance with this fracture pattern and clinical suspicion of its presence, especially in impacted subcapital fractures of femur neck, will prompt correct diagnosis and management. This injury pattern is clearly evident with 1–2 mm sections of 3D reconstructed computed tomography (CT) scan. It is easily missed on routine X-ray imaging. One such rare fracture pattern is simultaneous post-traumatic ipsilateral fracture of femur head and subcapital femur neck without hip dislocation. 6, 2022.With speedy road transport, traumatic injuries to hip have varied patterns.
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