May D A, Purins J L, Smith D K
Wilford Hall, United States Air Force Medical Center, San Antonio, TX 78236, USA.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996 May;166(5):1075-8. doi: 10.2214/ajr.166.5.8615246.
Recent studies have shown the usefulness of T1-weighted MR imaging for identifying fractures of the proximal femur in elderly patients with negative radiographs after acute trauma [1-4]. The advent of fast spin-echo and fast inversion recovery sequences allows for the rapid identification of a variety of other musculoskeletal injuries of the hip and pelvis that may explain a patient's symptoms but that may not be seen on T1-weighted images. This pictorial essay shows the types of lesions encountered. Lesion prevalence is given for 20 consecutive patients examined.
