Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2011
An emergency team deliverd a 83-year-old patient complaining of inability of her right leg to support the body after falling on her right side. Objectively: the patient lies on a gurney, her right leg is rotated outwards, the outside edge of foot touches the bed. There is positive straight leg raising sign. What is your provisional diagnosis?
Answer options
- Hip joint contusion
- Femoral diaphysis fracture
- Cotyloid cavity fracture
- Hip dislocation
- Femoral neck fracture
Correct answer
Femoral neck fracture
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