Distinct focal lesions of the femoral head: Imaging features suggesting an atypical and minimal form of bone necrosis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 435-444

  Theodorou, Daphne J ^a,b   Theodorou, Stavroula J ^a,b   Haghighi, Parviz ^b   Resnick, Donald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Bone necrosis; Femoral head; Hip; Magnetic resonance (MR); Osteonecrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIQUID; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036942463     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0503-2     Document Type: Article

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