subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head (siffh) is characterized by acute onset hip pain without overt trauma. it appears as a low intensity band with bone marrow edema on t1-weighted mri. the most common course of treatment is protected weight bearing for a period of several weeks. total hip arthroplasty (tha) has been commonly used if the patient does not respond to the initial...

fracture line. The therapy for the navicular insufficiency fracture was performed non-operatively. Previously, we had experienced that conservative therapy for insufficiency fractures in patients with RA was an efficient treatment. A non-displaced fracture should be treated with conservative therapy if the patient is unable to be very active. The ethical committee of Hamamatsu University School...

In the absence of trauma, fracture of the acetabulum is a rare injury, and an isolated insufficiency fracture in the supra-acetabular region is extremely rare. We describe a 59-year-old postmenopausal woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed a fracture in the roof of the acetabulum with underlying corticosteroid-induced bony insufficiency. Faint medullary sclerosis over the r...

INTRODUCTION Stress fracture of the clavicle is a rare entity. It can manifest itself with an atypical shoulder pain. The clavicle is vulnerable to pathological fractures from several causes such as neoplasm, infection and rarely metabolic bone disease. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a bone insufficiency fracture of the clavicle, in a 67-year-old Moroccan woman patient with several ris...

Insufficiency fracture occurs when normal or physiological stress applied to weakened bone with demineralization and decreased elastic resistance. Recently, many studies reported the development of IF after radiation therapy (RT) in gynecological cancer, prostate cancer, anal cancer and rectal cancer. The RT-induced insufficiency fracture is a common complication during the follow-up using mode...

We report a case of insufficiency fracture of the sternum in a 70-year-old female patient with a review of the literature. She complained of sudden onset chest pain and aggravating dyspnea. She has been managed with corticosteroid due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for 15 years. Diagnosis of sternal insufficiency fracture presented with thoracic kyphosis was made on the basis of absen...

Atypical insufficiency fracture of the femur following prolonged bisphosphonate use is well described. Regardless of the cause, insufficiency fracture of the acetabulum is extremely rare, and no reports have described insufficiency fractures of the acetabulum that are associated with prolonged bisphosphonate use. This report demonstrates the possibility of insufficiency fracture at the acetabul...

Sacral insufficiency fractures (SIFs) are easily neglected by clinical physicians. The incidence of SIFs remains unclear in patients with symptomatic osteoporotic compression fractures of the lumbar-sacral area. This retrospective study was conducted by reviewing the medical records and radiological reports and by reading magnetic resonance (MR) images from August 2013 to July 2016.We identifie...