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Case 67c Discussion

Stress reaction, proximal femur. (See also Case 46c and Case 61c) (44.415)

This probably represents a case of "thigh splints" or adductor avulsion syndrome described recently in AJR :

Adductor insertion avulsion syndrome (thigh splints): spectrum of MR imaging features. Anderson MW, Kaplan PA, Dussault RG.

A link to the abstract is as follows:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11517070&dopt=Abstract

Misc. MSK MRI

Case 68c


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