Presentation
Right hip pain.
Patient Data
Age: 75 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Lesser trochanter metastasis
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Permeative appearance of the right proximal femoral shaft. Cortical lucency at the right lesser trochanter and femoral shaft immediately inferior. No fracture. No other bone lesion identified.
From the case:
Lesser trochanter metastasis
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Permeative appearance of the right proximal femoral shaft. Cortical lucencies at the right lesser trochanter and femoral shaft immediately inferior involving around 50% of the cortex. No fracture. No other bone lesion identified.
Case Discussion
This patient had a known history of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Lesser trochanter lesions should be considered metastatic until proven otherwise.