"superior cleft sign" as a marker of rectus abdominus/adductor longus tear in patients with suspected sportsman's hernia

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 819-825

  Murphy, Grainne ^a   Foran, Paul ^b   Murphy, Darra ^a   Tobin, Oliver ^c   Moynagh, Michael ^a   Eustace, Stephen ^a  

^a CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Magnetic resonance imaging; Secondary cleft sign; Sportsman's hernia; Superior cleft sign

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADDUCTOR LONGUS MUSCLE TEAR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTSMAN HERNIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878018970     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-013-1573-z     Document Type: Article

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