Simultaneous avulsion fracture of the anterior superior and anterior inferior iliac spine -A Case Report-

Simultaneous avulsion fracture of the anterior superior and anterior inferior iliac spine is extremly rare and only one case has been reported in Japanese literature. We have experienced a case with this type of the fracture.A 15-year-old school boy has felt a sudden sharp pain at the right groin while he was Bushing and he could not continue to run. An X-ray finding revealed a simultaneous avulsion fracture of the anterior superior and anterior inferior iliac spine and open redupction was successfully done with a method of tension band wiring 4 days after the injury. Two years and 4 months after the operation he has no pain and functional disturbance of the hip and leg. Discussion was made on the mechanism of the fracture.