You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Reminder of important clinical lesson
“Goalkeeper’s hip”: acute haematogenous osteomyelitis secondary to apophyseal fractures
  1. Robert A Dunsmuir1,
  2. Gerald McGarrity2,
  3. Steven Barnes2
  1. 1
    St James University Hospital, Leeds, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
  2. 2
    Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Orthopaedics, Larkfield Road, Greenock, PA16 0XN, UK
  1. robert.dunsmuir{at}leedsth.nhs.uk

Summary

We report two cases of acute haematogenous osteomyelitis in the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) in adolescent goalkeepers following trauma of the iliac crest apophysis. Both patients complained of pain over their right ASIS and were pyrexial. They were given antibiotics and were discharged from follow up without complication 64 and 90 days after starting treatment.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0651

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    View Full Text

    Footnotes

    • Competing interests: none.