Unusual longitudinal stress fractures of the femoral diaphysis: Report of five cases

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Williams, Marc ^a,b   Laredo, Jean Denis ^b   Setbon, Stephan ^b   Bélangé, Georges ^c   Timsit, Marie Agnès ^b   Karneff, Alain ^d   Pertuiset, Edouard ^e  

^a Service d'Imagerie Medicale   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c Service de Medecine Interne   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier de Pontoise   (France)

Author keywords

CT; Femur, stress fractures; MR imaging; Radionuclide study; Stress fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032971933     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050478     Document Type: Article

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