Unusual presentation: fracture neck femur in 18 months old child

Chirag D. Patel; Pokhraj P. Suthar; Manoj Gamit; Dhaval J. Dave

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150348

Authors

Chirag D. Patel Senior Resident Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics,S.S.G. Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat
Pokhraj P. Suthar Senior Resident Doctor, S.S.G. Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat
Manoj Gamit Senior Resident Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics,S.S.G. Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat
Dhaval J. Dave Senior Resident Doctor, Department of Medicine, S.S.G. Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150348

Keywords:

Fracture neck femur, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics

Abstract

An 18 months old child was brought to the emergency department with alleged history of trauma due to hit by two wheeler and sustained injury over right hip. Child was not able to move the right lower limb. Physical examination of child revealed contusion over right hip region and injury over perineal region. There was no active vaginal bleeding. Rest of the systemic examination was normal. Routine blood was normal. On X-ray of pelvis with both hip showed fracture of neck femur on right side without any pelvic injury. Patient was treated with hip spica cast and complete bed rest for 1 month. After 1 month of the treatment, on follow-up the patient was able to weight bear and fractured was united on X-ray.

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