Insufficiency fracture of the acetabular medial wall.
Acetabular insufficiency fractures are much less common than acetabular fractures associated with trauma. They most commonly occur in postmenopausal women with a history of rheumatoid arthritis or pelvic irradiation. We present the case of a 93-year-old man with an atraumatic pelvic insufficiency fracture of the fossa acetabuli. The patient had 2 predisposing risk factors: osteoporosis and lower-extremity reconstructive surgery.
Robinson
Samuel P
SP
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
Hammoud
Sommer
S
Sculco
Thomas P
TP
D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed