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. 1997 Jan;168(1):159-63.
doi: 10.2214/ajr.168.1.8976940.

Insufficiency fracture of the femoral head: MR imaging in three patients

M Rafii  1 , H Mitnick, J Klug, H Firooznia
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Insufficiency fracture of the femoral head: MR imaging in three patients

M Rafii et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this report is to describe three patients in whom a presumptive diagnosis of insufficiency fracture of the femoral head was made on the basis of clinical and MR imaging findings.

Conclusion: Femoral head insufficiency fracture should be included in the differential diagnosis of hip pain in the osteopenic elderly patient.

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