American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 168, 159-163, Copyright © 1997 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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

M Rafii, H Mitnick, J Klug and H Firooznia
Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center 10016, USA.

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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