Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Concurrent femoral neck fractures following pelvic irradiation: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Concurrent femoral neck fractures following pelvic irradiation a case report Raphael Omotayo Ayorinde 1 and Clement Abu Okolo2 Address Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma University College Hospital Ibadan Nigeria and 2Department of Pathology University of Ibadan University College Hospital Ibadan Nigeria Email Raphael Omotayo Ayorinde - raphaelayorinde@ Clement Abu Okolo - clemabuokolo@ Corresponding author Published 16 December 2009 Received 4 November 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 9332 doi l752-l947-3-9332 Accepted 16 December 2009 This article is available from http content 3 l 9332 2009 Ayorinde and Okolo 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__ Introduction Fracture of the neck of the femur is common in older people. It often occurs in a single hip with osteoporosis being the most common cause. Sometimes this fracture may also occur following pelvic irradiation though this is not common. To the best of our knowledge we present the first reported case in Nigeria of concurrent bilateral fractures of the femoral neck following pelvic irradiation. Case presentation A 74-year-old Nigerian woman presented at our surgical outpatients department with a 5-month history of pain in both hips and a 4-month history of inability to walk. She had had pelvic irradiation for carcinoma of the cervix 2 years earlier. Pelvic radiographs confirmed bilateral subcapital neck fractures. Conclusion Patients with hip pain who have been treated with pelvic irradiation should be thoroughly investigated for hip .
