Open AccessTraumatic Obturator Internus and Quadratus Femoris Injury in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Christian Reintgen,
Michelle Bruner,
Michael S. Smith,
Michael W. Moser
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sports health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.212
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1941-7381
pISSN - 1941-0921
DOI - 10.1177/1941738120984144
Subject(s) - medicine , thigh , etiology , magnetic resonance imaging , hip pain , ischial tuberosity , surgery , radiology , psychiatry
We present the case of a 11-year-old White female patient with a traumatic quadratus femoris and obturator internus tear after a sprint while at school. She felt immediate pain, swelling, and point tenderness in her posterosuperior thigh with a severely antalgic gait. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a quadratus femoris tear, obturator internus tear, and ischial spine avulsion fracture. Although a less common etiology for acute hip pain in the pediatric population, traumatic injury to the short external rotators should not be excluded. The prognosis is favorable with a full return to previous activities expected using an appropriate rehabilitation program.