Case Report
Hip Pelvis 2013; 25(3): 232-236
Published online September 1, 2013
https://doi.org/10.5371/hp.2013.25.3.232
© The Korean Hip Society
Bilateral Insufficiency Fracture of Medial Subtrochanteric Area of the Femur: A Case Report
Correspondence to : Woo-Suk Lee, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211 Eonjuro Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-720, Korea
TEL: +82-2-2019-3417 FAX: +82-2-573-5393
E-mail: wsleeos@yuhs.ac
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A non-traumatic, incomplete insufficiency fracture commonly involves the lateral side of the femoral cortex; whereas a non-traumatic, incomplete stress fracture commonly involves the medial side of the femoral cortex. Here, we describe a case of a 66-year-old woman with a two-month history of bilateral thigh pain without trauma or medication usage who was diagnosed with bilateral subtrochanteric insufficiency fractures involving the medial side of the femoral cortex.
Keywords Femur, Subtrochanteric fracture, Stress fracture
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Case Report
Hip Pelvis 2013; 25(3): 232-236
Published online September 1, 2013 https://doi.org/10.5371/hp.2013.25.3.232
Copyright © The Korean Hip Society.
Bilateral Insufficiency Fracture of Medial Subtrochanteric Area of the Femur: A Case Report
Dong-Sik Chae, MD, Jung-Han Lee, MD, Woo-Suk Lee, MD, Ick-Hwan Yang, MD, Chang-Dong Han, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence to:Woo-Suk Lee, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211 Eonjuro Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-720, Korea
TEL: +82-2-2019-3417 FAX: +82-2-573-5393
E-mail: wsleeos@yuhs.ac
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
A non-traumatic, incomplete insufficiency fracture commonly involves the lateral side of the femoral cortex; whereas a non-traumatic, incomplete stress fracture commonly involves the medial side of the femoral cortex. Here, we describe a case of a 66-year-old woman with a two-month history of bilateral thigh pain without trauma or medication usage who was diagnosed with bilateral subtrochanteric insufficiency fractures involving the medial side of the femoral cortex.
Keywords: Femur, Subtrochanteric fracture, Stress fracture
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