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A 22 year old woman with pain in the left ischium for about two year

Submitted by henry on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 17:06
Case Identification
Case ID Number: 
20091117AK
Benign/Malignant: 
unknown
Clinical case information
Case presentation: 

The patient is a very pleasant 22-year-old woman who is generally healthy, she recently graduated college and was previously a ballet dancer. She has no serious medical problems and there is no history of injury to the area in question.

Radiological findings:: 
The patient has had pain in the left ischium for about two years which has not been getting worse, but not been getting better. She has no problems except for when sitting, and has difficulty because the left hip is sore when sitting Examination of the area which is the left initial tuberosity reveals no tenderness and no mass. Comparison with the opposite side reveals no side-to-side differences.
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A 22 year old woman with pain in the left ischium for about two year
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