Abstract
Insufficiency fractures occur in bone with insufficient bone mineralization and elastic resistance. The most common site is vertebrae and sacrum. Bone scintigraphy is a sensitive modality to detect occult fractures and early insufficiency fractures where plain radiography does not show any changes. We describe in this chapter different imaging modalities useful in detection of insufficiency fractures in hip and pelvis along with role of bone SPECT/CT.
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Agrawal, K., Bishnoi, K. (2023). Insufficiency Fractures. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_230
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