{"pk":35496,"title":"Imaging Intertrochanteric Extension of Greater Trochanteric Fracture in a 59-year-old Man: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Intertrochanteric fractures occur in the region between the greater and the lesser trochanters along the junction of the femoral neck and the shaft. Isolated greater trochanteric fractures seen on initial radiographs may be shown to have intertrochanteric extension on additional imaging modalities, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography, and bone scintigraphy. We report a case of intertrochanteric extension of greater trochanteric fracture in a 59-year-old man who presented with acute worsening of chronic left hip pain after a minor fall. Radiographs of the hips revealed a left greater trochanteric fracture with suspected intertrochanteric extension. Computed tomography of the left hip, one day later, showed a minimally displaced fracture of the left greater trochanter without intertrochanteric extension. The same-day MRI of the hip showed an acute nondisplaced intertrochanteric extension of a minimally displaced greater trochanteric fracture. While the greater trochanteric fracture was seen on all three imaging modalities, the intertrochanteric extension was distinctly visualized only on MRI.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"femur fracture"},{"word":"intertrochanteric extension"},{"word":"greater trochanteric fracture"},{"word":"CT of the hip"},{"word":"MRI of the hip"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/964354c2","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ziang","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lu","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Kim","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lee","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Johnathan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Chen","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-01-19T21:03:31-08:00","date_accepted":"2020-01-19T21:03:31-08:00","date_published":"2022-07-19T11:16:25-07:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucla_rsp/article/35496/galley/26424/download/"}]}