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CTMusculoskeletalConfirmedFRCR 2B
Fallen fragment sign in neck of femur fracture
Clinical Presentation
22 year-old member of the armed forces. Sudden onset left hip pain and inability to weight bear during a football match. No tackle or other trauma. O/E shorted externally rotated left hip.
- 1Large unilocular cyst in the neck of the left neck of femur extending into the greater trochanter
- 2The bony margin on the anterolateral aspect of the cyst is thinned to 2mm.Intracaspular neck of femur fracture with multiple small fracture fragments, one of which is lying in the dependent position of the cyst.