For three years, a 20-year-old college student felt a painful snap in his left hip whenever he walked, ran, or bent and straightened his leg. Snapping hips are common and usually harmless. His turned out to have a rare cause: a benign bone tumor growing from the front of his pelvis.
Surgeons at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia removed the growth, and the snapping stopped. A year later, he was symptom-free, with full hip motion and no sign of recurrence. The case was published online Aug. 25 in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.
