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Break dance hip: chronic avulsion of the anterior superior iliac spine

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A case of chronic, progressive avulsion of the anterior superior iliac spine leading to the formation of a long, attenuated spur of bone in an 18-year-old black male break dancer is described. The mechanism of formation appeared to be repetitive avulsion from break dancing.

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  1. Department of Radiology, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida

    A. R. Winkler & J. C. Barnes

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, University of South Florida Tampa, Florida, USA

    J. A. Ogden

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Winkler, A.R., Barnes, J.C. & Ogden, J.A. Break dance hip: chronic avulsion of the anterior superior iliac spine. Pediatr Radiol 17, 501–502 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388291

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