title: Unrecognized foreign body in the hip joint.
abstract: A 40-year-old woman involved in a motor vehicle accident sustained a left acetabular fracture and a dislocated left hip with a large ipsilateral traumatic hip wound. Multiple plain radiographic films of the pelvis and a pelvic computed tomographic scan were obtained. None of these images showed a 25 x 20 x 12-mm piece of the gearshift that was found in the hip joint at the time of the surgery. Hence, we present this case highlighting an unusual phenomenon in which a large foreign body was not recognized on preoperative radiographic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nassif
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Gorczyca
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Vanarthos
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed