Break dance hip: chronic avulsion of the anterior superior iliac spine.
A case of chronic, progressive avulsion of the anterior superior iliac spine leading to the formation of a long, attenuated spur of bone in an 18-year-old black male break dancer is described. The mechanism of formation appeared to be repetitive avulsion from break dancing.
Department of Radiology, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Winkler
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Barnes
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Ogden
D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003615:Dancing; D005096:Exostoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*