Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa caused by repetitive use, trauma, infection, or systemic inflammatory disease. Bursae are flattened sacs that serve as a protective buffer between bones and overlapping muscles (deep bursae) or between bones and tendons/skin (superficial bursae). These synovial-lined sacs are filled with minimal amounts of fluid...

Trochanteric bursitis is characterized by painful inflammation of the bursa located just superficial to the greater trochanter of the femur. Patients typically complain of lateral hip pain, although the hip joint itself is not involved. The pain may radiate down the lateral aspect of the thigh.
Synonyms and related keywords: greater...

Types of Injuries:
- short leg syndrome: (see growth deformities of the limbs)
- unequal leg lengths may predispose to injury in shorter leg;
- trochanteric bursitis:
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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
pathogenesis and risk factors:
- Intravascular coagulation and osteonecrosis.
- natural history
- blood supply to femoral head:
- diff dx:
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