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. 2023 Sep 1;23(3):368-370.

Bilateral Fatigue Fractures of the Femur

Christos Koutserimpas  1   2 , Maria Piagkou  2 , Efstathios Chronopoulos  3 , Konstantinos Raptis  1 , Dimitrios Kotzias  1 , Symeon Naoum  1 , Nikolaos-Achilleas Arkoudis  4
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Bilateral Fatigue Fractures of the Femur

Christos Koutserimpas et al. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Femur Trauma; Fracture Anatomical Site; Insufficiency Fractures; Stress Injury.

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The authors have no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Anteroposterior (AP) X-ray of both femurs displays subtle cortical thickening in the medial aspects of the subtrochanteric area bilaterally. A synchronous thin radiolucent line is also depicted coursing within the thickened cortexes, thus indicating a non-displaced fracture (black dashed oval). (B) Subsequent bone scintigraphy illustrates abnormally increased radiotracer uptake in the aforementioned areas (black arrows). No other regions with pathologic uptake were demonstrated. Axial T2-weighted fat-saturated images of the (C) right and (D) left femurs similarly revealed mild cortical thickening localized in the medial facets of the subtrochanteric area of the femur, with concomitant mild signal hyperintensity also being illustrated due to bone marrow oedema because of the bilateral fractures (white arrows).
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