ABSTRACT
A 28-yr-old woman presented with both hip pain that started sequentially during the peripartum period. Diagnosis of transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH) was made based on typical findings of plain radiographs and magnetic resonance images. The subchondral trabeculae of the femoral head were evaluated on serially taken coronal multiplanar reformation computerized tomogram images. At 4 weeks after pain onset, marked decrease in the sclerotic density with irregular discontinuation was observed in the primary compression trabeculae. At 12 weeks, a focal area of irregular thickening of trabeculae was observed. At 20 weeks, sclerotic density of trabeculae recovered markedly and the focal area of irregular trabecular thickening disappeared. At 1 yr, subchondral trabeculae recovered almost completely. The evidence of subchondral trabecular injury was observed in the femoral heads of TOH.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Femur Head/injuries , Osteoporosis/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
@#Objective To investigate the value and clinical significance of MRI in diagnosis of subcortical trabecular injury in knee.Methods45 patients with obvious pain but no fracture diagnosed by X-ray after knee trauma were scanned with MRI to analyze whether having injuries in subcortical trabecular and knee joint accessory structures.ResultsAll of the 45 cases had normal radiographic results in X-ray examination, but subcortical trabecular injury was found by MRI. MRI demonstrated irregular low signal in the subcortical region on both T1WI and T2WI. The high signal in fat suppressed T22subcortical trabecular and knee joint accessory structures.