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J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) · Dec 2012
Case ReportsObturator hernia presenting as hip pain: a case report.
- Ping Keung Chan, Tze Pui Ng, and Ying Lee Lam.
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
- J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2012 Dec 1; 20 (3): 398-401.
AbstractWe report an 86-year-old women with an obturator hernia presenting with recurrent right hip pain. Obturator hernia is a diagnostic challenge because the hernial mass is usually concealed beneath the pectineus. It should be suspected in emaciated, multiparous, elderly women presenting with unexplained pain in the groin, hip, thigh, or knee. High levels of clinical suspicion of the high-risk patients and recourse to investigation by computed tomography are important, as delay in diagnosis and treatment is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
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