MRI of subchondral fractures: a review

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1515-1527

  Viana, Sergio Lopes ^a   Machado, Bruno Beber ^b   Mendlovitz, Paulo Sergio ^c  

^a Hospital Ortopédico e Medicina Especializada HOME and Hospital da Criança de Brasília José Alencar   (Brazil)

^b Unimed Sul Capixaba and Santa Casa de Misericordia de Cachoeiro de Itapemirim   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distal clavicular osteolysis; Freiberg s infraction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rapid destruction of the humeral head; Rapidly progressive osteoarthritis of the hip; Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee; Subchondral fractures

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STRESS FRACTURE;

FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84930369012     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-014-1946-y     Document Type: Review

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