Insufficiency Fracture in the Para-Acetabulum, with Features Mimicking those of a Malignant Bone Tumor

Para-acetabular insufficiency fractures are rare and exceedingly difficult to diagnose without a high index of suspicion, since the images mimic those of bone tumors. We herein present the case of a 55-year-old woman who suffered from hip pain with subacute onset. She had undergone a hysterectomy-ov...

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Main Authors: Akio Sakamoto, Takuaki Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Shuichi Matsuda, Tatsuya Yoshida, Yukihide Iwamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S803