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Fig. 2 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 2

From: Diagnostic strategy for elderly patients with isolated greater trochanter fractures on plain radiographs

Fig. 2

Case of an 84-year-old woman who presented at the emergency department with left hip pain after slipping in the bathroom. a A plain radiograph of the left hip only shows an isolated greater trochanter fracture (arrow). b A bone scan obtained 2 days after the trauma was unremarkable. c The T1-weighted coronal image shows an intertrochanteric fracture (arrow) that extends to the medial cortex. d The T2-weighted coronal image shows a fracture at the same level (arrow) and abnormal signal in the muscles around the hip (bold arrows)

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