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Routine pelvic radiograph of a 91-year-old man requested by his general practitioner to further investigate the cause for his left knee pain. Demonstrated is an "incidental" old, left sided, displaced, intracapsular had as neck of femur fracture with well-corticated edges.
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Following a routine radiograph performed by his general practitioner a 91-year-old gentleman was referred to accident and emergency with an incidental finding of fractured left neck of femur (Fig. 1).
Lateral radiograph of the left hip from the same 91-year-old gentleman taken 1 year previously, following a fall. No obvious fracture is evident.
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Clinical examination had demonstrated none of the salient features of a neck of femur fracture or had initial radiographs of the pelvis exposed a fracture (Fig. 2); only degenerative changes consistent with osteoarthritis (Fig. 3).