Iliopectineal Bursitis

Ileopectineal bursitis following total hip replacement

“…The signs and symptoms of a painful mass in the groin give rise to several diagnostic considerations (Finder 1938). In a patient with previous total hip replacement, elevated temperature and pain in the operated hip, a fine needle biopsy and bacterial cultures should be obtained immediately.…”

Gastrointestinal bleeding, angiodysplasia of the colon and acquired von Willebrand's disease

“…There were no circulating inhibitors in our patient and there are no methods yet available to study factor VIII metabolism. Vascular abnormalitites have been described in both types of von Willebrand's disease (4,(8)(9)(10). However, only one previous case of intestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in a patient with acquired von Willebrand's disease has been described (8).…”

Infective iliopsoas bursitis

“…Pathological conditions of the iliopsoas bursa (also termed the iliopectineal, iliofemoral, iliac or subpsoas bursa) represent a little recognised cause of functional disability of the hip [1,4,7,9,10,17] and may be reported as due to overuse during sporting activities [7,14], osteoarthritis [1,7,10,11,14,15,18], septic arthritis [14], rheumatoid arthritis [2,8,13,14], synovial chondromatosis [13,14,18], pigmented villonodular synovitis [10, Offprint requests to: C. A. Manueddu Haemoglobin was normal; the white cell count was 10.8 × 109 with a normal differential count and a platelet count of 329 × 109. The sedimentation rate was 74 mm/h.…”