Secondary cleft sign as a marker of injury in athletes with groin pain: MR image appearance and interpretation

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 162-167

  Brennan, Darren ^a   O'Connell, Martin J ^a   Ryan, Martin ^a   Cunningham, Patricia ^a   Taylor, David ^a   Cronin, Carmel ^a   O'Neill, Patrick ^a   Eustace, Stephen ^a  

^a CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PAIN; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT INVERSION TIME INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; GROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 15944395102     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351040045     Document Type: Article

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