AVULSION FRACTURE OF THE ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE PRESENTING AS ACUTE-ONSET MERALGIA-PARESTHETICA

Authors
THANIKACHALAM M PETROS JG ODONNELL S
Citation
M. Thanikachalam et al., AVULSION FRACTURE OF THE ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE PRESENTING AS ACUTE-ONSET MERALGIA-PARESTHETICA, Annals of emergency medicine, 26(4), 1995, pp. 515-517
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
26
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
515 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1995)26:4<515:AFOTAS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Avulsion fracture of the anterior superior iliac spine is rare. Most c ases occur in adolescents involved in competitive sports or vigorous e xercise in which the sartorius and tenser fascia lata muscles are cont racted strongly and suddenly against hyperextended trunk. Patients who sustain this injury usually experience acute pain in the anterior pel vic region. We describe a patient with avulsion of the anterior superi or iliac spine who presented with meralgia paresthetica. The symptoms resolved with conservative treatment.