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Case Reports
. 2011 May 12:2011:bcr1220103630.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.12.2010.3630.

Insufficiency fractures of the sacrum

Dorien Joosen  1 , Marie-Cecile Jacobs, Ron de Nijs
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Case Reports

Insufficiency fractures of the sacrum

Dorien Joosen et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests None.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Plain radiograph of patient 1.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Plain radiograph of patient 2.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Plain radiograph of patient 3 showing signs of sacroiliitis on the right site.
Figure 4
Figure 4
MRI image of patient 1 showing an unilateral (left) insufficiency fracture of the sacrum.
Figure 5
Figure 5
MRI image of patient 2 showing an unilateral (left) insufficiency fracture of the sacrum.
Figure 6
Figure 6
MRI image of patient 3 showing an unilateral (right) insufficiency fracture of the sacrum.
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