SACRAL STRESS FRACTURE IN GERIATRICS: A CASE REPORT

摘要

The diagnosis of sacral stress fractures in geriatrics is often neglected because of lumbar painsand referred pains. We report regarding a 67-year-old woman who complained of chronic back painand right hip pain that persisted despite analgesic therapy. Flexion-abduction-external-rotation(FABER), Gaenslen’s, and Scour test were positive on the right side of the patient’s examination,but squish test was not. The patient‘s neurologic examination was normal. Although computedtomography and X-rays of the hip and lumbosacral areas revealed no obvious pathology, sacralstress fracture was diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging, which was performed becauseof the patient’s chronic pain. This report aimed to draw attention to low back and hip painsin geriatrics because of probable sacral stress fractures and to emphasize on the importance ofavailable radiological modalities for an accurate diagnosis.