[Femoral neck fracture complicating algodystrophy in pregnancy].
BACKGROUND
Sympathetic reflex dystrophy is an uncommon cause of pelvic pain not to be overlooked in pregnant women.


METHODS
At 8 months pregnancy, a 27-year-old woman complained of invalidating pain of the left hip. Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis performed the day after delivery evidenced a non-displaced fracture of the femoral neck and a typical aspect of sympathetic reflex dystrophy.


CONCLUSIONS
The true frequency of sympathetic reflex dystrophy during pregnancy is probably underestimated. Approximately one hundred cases have been reported. The hip joint is involved in 9 out of 10 cases. Such localizations are uncommon outside pregnancy, accounting for 14 to 17% of all cases.
Services de Rhumatologie et de Gynécologie, CHU l'Archet, Nice.
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Gillet
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
Fracture du col fémoral compliquant une algodystrophie au cours de la grossesse.