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See the chapter “Hip and Pelvis Injuries” for general aspects. Most often caused by a fall in the same plane (low energy fracture) in elderly, osteoporotic patients, but also note the possibility of a malignant aetiology, see section “Pathologic Fracture” below. Be aware of the fact that a hip fracture can manifest itself with pain solely in the knee region, most often radiating anterio-medially! However, it is important to pay attention to the occurrence of stress fractures in collum femoris, which have increased in the last decades and represent about 7 % of all stress fractures in long distance runners.
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Sölveborn, SA. (2014). Thigh and Groin Pain. In: Emergency Orthopedics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41854-9_17
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