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Case of the Day

Transient bone marrow oedema - hip

Contributed by Dr Chris O'Donnell (FRANZCR)

Diffuse bone marrow oedema throughout femoral head and neck with features of synovitis. Bone scan shows focal hot spot in the femoral head with subtle linear defect on T1 coronal MRI = subtle "stress" fracture with marked surrounding reactive oedema. This is thought to be the or...

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