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The fall that changed the leg

  1. ED
  2. Investigations
  3. Pre-Op
  4. OR
  5. Ward
  6. Debrief

Two diagnoses, not one

She fell reaching for a cupboard, no head strike, no loss of consciousness she can recall. The right leg is shortened, externally rotated, and irrationally painful on log-roll. She takes apixaban for AF.

Open in 3D: the hip and proximal femur

Beyond the obvious fracture, what is the second diagnosis this admission must make?

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