title: Acetabular fracture.
abstract: A twenty-eight-year-old female bicyclist was struck by a car. Associated injuries after trauma work-up included a splenic laceration that is to be treated with observation and a history of loss of consciousness with a negative head CT. X-rays and representative CT scan cuts are enclosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tilzey
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Templeman
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries*; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed