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Imaging of Insufficiency Fractures

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Insufficiency fractures are a subgroup of stress fractures, caused by normal stress on a weakened bone with an impaired elastic resistance due to alteration of density or structure. Any pathological condition that causes a decrease in bone elasticity and bone resistance can be a predisposing factor for insufficiency fractures. In this chapter, imaging of insufficiency fractures is described. Imaging modalities discussed include radiography, bone scintigraphy, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.

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Abbreviations

CT:

Computed tomography

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

SPIR:

Selective partial inversion recovery

STIR:

Short-time inversion recovery

TNF:

Tumor necrosis factor

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of L’Aquila, S. Salvatore Hospital, Coppito, 67100, L’Aquila, Italy

    Carlo Masciocchi, Armando Conchiglia, Laura Conti & Antonio Barile MD

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    Giuseppe Guglielmi

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    Wilfred C. G. Peh

  3. Dept. Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, E. Newton St. 88, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts, USA

    Ali Guermazi

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Masciocchi, C., Conchiglia, A., Conti, L., Barile, A. (2013). Imaging of Insufficiency Fractures. In: Guglielmi, G., Peh, W., Guermazi, A. (eds) Geriatric Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35579-0_4

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