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Patient: 51 year old, 5'2" approx. 165 lbs. Chronic, severe pain in left groin area (focusing on femur/hip bone). Unable to sit/stand for more than 10mins, extreme pain if walking/exercising, or normal activities; cannot lift leg up or sideways; sometimes hears/feels popping sound upon which there is a slight alleviation of pain; has had these symptoms for more than 1 year, current pain much worse; pain rated at 9 and constant (scale 1-10, 10 being the worst). xray of femur shows no fracture; pelvic mri is okay; patient was diagnosed last year w/ degenerative disc disease, slight pain in lower back but not serious; also has adnexal left cyst (no pain or symptoms); had surgery for hernia (doc assumed this was causing pain in groin area but this is not the case - pain still persisted before & after surgery & even a year later). orthopedic surgeon cannot determine cause, will run an mri to check hip bone/femur & therapy. can anyone share some insight - what could it be?

2007-02-28 01:32:19 · 2 answers · asked by njboricua78 2 in Health General Health Care Injuries

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My first thought would be aseptic necrosis of the femoral head, but the normal MRI argues against that. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis could have similar symptoms, but the patient is much too old to have that.

Have you considered a bone scan or PET to evaluate for bony inflammation or metastases?

2007-03-04 12:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by Ken C 2 · 0 0

hi,
maybe a blockage in that groin artery?

2007-02-28 09:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sandra Dee 5 · 1 0

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