Unrecognized foreign body in the hip joint.
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.
Nassif
J M
JM
Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
Gorczyca
J T
JT
Vanarthos
W J
WJ
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