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REPORT OF TWO CASES

VIRGIL R. STEPHENS, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1944;49(1):9-11.

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Cystic enlargement of the iliopectineal bursa is comparatively uncommon. Gatch and Green¹ were able to collect only 32 cases up to 1925 in an exhaustive study of the literature. They added 1 of their own in which a woman aged 60, had a swelling in the groin about the size of a hen's egg. There were no symptoms.

Menninger² in 1932 reported an iliopectineal bursa the size of a goose egg in a man 36 years of age, with no history of trauma. The mass was excised and found to be communicating with the hip joint by a small opening.

In 1933 O'Connor³ reported 33 cases of iliopectineal bursitis, in 7 of which operation was done. In at least 10 of the cases there was palpable but not necessarily visible enlargement. A good description of the symptoms and signs is given, and the methods of treatment are . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, and the MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn, Ill.

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