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Anteroposterior pelvic radiograph revealing right superior and inferior pubic rami fractures.
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Three days earlier, after a minor fall at home, she was treated at another local hospital with right hip pain and was discharged on the same day with a diagnosis of right osteoporotic pubic rami fracture (Figure 1) classified as type Ia according to the Rommens-Hofmann classification.
Coronal CT of the pelvis showing left haematoma neighboring the right fractured iliopubic ramus.
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Abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) without contrast-enhanced revealed a left pelvic hematoma neighboring the fracture site (Figure 2).
Axial (a) and coronal (b) CT of the pelvis demonstrating the size of pelvic haematoma.
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A multidetector CT confirmed a pelvic haematoma with no active bleeding (Figure 3).