MRI evaluation of collapsed femoral heads in patients 60 years old or older: Differentiation of subchondral insufficiency fracture from osteonecrosis of the femoral head

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ikemura, Satoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Takuaki ^a   Motomura, Goro ^a   Nakashima, Yasuharu ^a   Mawatari, Taro ^a   Iwamoto, Yukihide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histopathology; MRI; Osteoporosis; Subchondral insufficiency fracture

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP PAIN; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCHONDRAL INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; BONE DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954728205     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3271     Document Type: Article

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