Dropped Hip/Hunter’s Bump
Mary DeLorey, DVM
August 1, 1997
Can you please tell me what the terms hunter’s bump and a dropped hip refer to, and how they are different?
Can you please tell me what the terms hunter’s bump and a dropped hip refer to, and how they are different?
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