Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Acute isolated acetabular fracture following a game of squash: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Acute isolated acetabular fracture following a game of squash a case report Neil D Patel1 and Ravi KTrehan 2 Address Specialist Registrar Trauma and Orthopaedics Kettering General Hospital Kettering UK and Specialist Registrar Trauma and Orthopaedics St George s Hospital London UK Email Neil D Patel - neilpatel@ Ravi K Trehan - trehanravi@ Corresponding author Published 28 November 2007 Received 19 June 2007 Accepted 28 November 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007 1 156 doi 1752-1947-1-156 r This article is available from http content 1 1 156 2007 Patel and Trehan licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Although hip injuries do not account a large amount of the Sports Physician s workload they can result in significant morbidity. We present a case where an acetabular fracture was sustained in a relatively young female while playing squash without any history of fall or injury but was treated successfully non-operatively. Such patients who present with acute hip pain must not be dismissed as simply having a soft tissue injury. Introduction The number of hip joint injuries that present to the Sports Physician is relatively small in comparison to other joints such as the knee ankle and shoulder but their morbidity can be significant especially if the correct diagnosis is not made 1 . We describe a squash player who presented with acute hip pain during a game without any history of fall or injury which turned out to be an isolated fracture of the acetabulum. Case presentation A 47-year-old pre menopausal female presented to our Emergency Department with acute left hip pain .
