What it is
Irritation of a growth area or removal of a small bone fragment by forceful muscle contraction in active adolescents.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Gradual activity-related pain with apophysitis
- Sudden pain or a pop during sprinting, jumping or kicking with avulsion
- Local tenderness, weakness and limping
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Scientific literature
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Pediatric avulsion fractures of pelvis: current concepts.
Literature review · 2018
Hip & Pelvis
When is medical guidance needed?
Trauma with deformity or inability to bear weight, a very painful hip with fever, a child or adolescent with sudden limping, progressive neurological weakness, bladder or bowel change, and unexplained pain with systemic symptoms require prompt medical assessment.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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