Periprosthetic Hip Fracture

Case contributed by Jonathan Robert Wylie
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fall onto right hip

Patient Data

Gender: Male
x-ray

Periprosthetic fractures radiating from the lateral margin of a right femoral head prosthesis.  Note the straight lucent line running parallel to the lateral margin of the stem of the prosthesis - this indicates loosening.

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