title: [Fracture of the femoral neck complicating algodystrophy of the hip during pregnancy. Apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: The authors report 2 cases of fracture of the femoral neck in pregnant women. This is a serious complication of a poorly understood disease, algodystrophy of the hip during pregnancy (transient osteoporosis of the hip of pregnancy, as referred by Anglo-saxon practitioners), whose main clinical, paraclinical and course characteristics are reported. The risk of subcapital fracture is maximal during the period of term, justifying recumbency in painful forms. In spite of the phantom appearance of the femoral head and neck, this type of fractures should not be confused with tumoral osteolysis, since they always unite within usual intervals.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Orthopédique, Hôpital St Jacques, Nantes.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gouin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maulaz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aillet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pietu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Passuti
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Bainvel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000175:diagnosis; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011644:Puerperal Disorders; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Fracture du col du fémur compliquant une algodystrophie de hance au cours de la grossesse. A propos de 2 observations.