Occult osteomyelitis of the femoral head. A case of unrecognized infection in an anesthetic hip.
Unrecognized infection in a bone can lead to a pathological fracture. An example of osteomyelitis of the femoral head followed by a subcapital fracture is described in a patient who was anesthetic below the L1 sensory level.
Goldie
B S
BS
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
D005270:Femur Head; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections