Insufficiency fracture of the acetabular medial wall.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Acetabular insufficiency fractures are much less common than acetabular fractures associated with trauma. They most commonly occur in postmenopausal women with a history of rheumatoid arthritis or pelvic irradiation. We present the case of a 93-year-old man with an atraumatic pelvic insufficiency fracture of the fossa acetabuli. The patient had 2 predisposing risk factors: osteoporosis and lower-extremity reconstructive surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Acetabulum
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Fractures, Spontaneous
- Osteoporosis
Anatomy
- hip
- pelvis