Answers :
What can you see on the pelvic radiograph?
There is avulsion fracture of the left anterior superior iliac spine.
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What is the mechanism of injury ?
These type of fractures are usually due to sudden / violent muscle contraction and occur in young people. The sartorius muscle and tensor fasciae latae attach at the ASIS.
After healing this type of injury may show a characteristic appearance - what would you expect to see ?
These fractures (and other apophyseal fractures of the pelvis) often heal with extensive calcification.
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