hip-pointer contusion

hip-pointer contusion

Sports medicine A bruise of the iliac crest seen in contact sports, caused by a blow by the knee, elbow, football helmet or other blunt object, resulting in a subperiosteal hematoma and either avulsion of abdominal muscle or quadriceps or a fracture of the iliac crest.

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.