Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (Aug 2013)

Proximal iliotibial band syndrome: case report

  • Guilherme Guadagnini Falotico,
  • Carlos Massao Aramaki Yanagishita,
  • Andre Azambuja Neves Wever,
  • Luis Pecci Neto,
  • Edmilson Takehiro Takata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbo.2012.06.007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48, no. 4
pp. 374 – 376

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: The overuse injuries in the hip joint occur commonly in sports practitioners and currently due to technical advances in diagnostic imaging, especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are often misdiagnosed. Recently, a group of people were reported, all female, with pain and swelling in the pelvic region.T2-weighted MRI showed increased signal in the enthesis of the iliotibial band (ITB) along the lower border of the iliac tubercle. We report a case of a 34 year old woman, non-professional runner, with pain at the iliac crest with no history of trauma and whose MRI was compatible with the proximal iliotibial band syndrome.

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