• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 1999

    Case Reports

    Insufficiency fractures, an often unrecognized diagnosis.

    • M J Verhaegen and A J Sauter.
    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1999 Jan 1; 119 (1-2): 115-6.

    AbstractDiagnosis of sacral insufficiency fractures is difficult since the onset is mild, and usually discomfort is attributed to degeneration of the lumbar spine. Computed tomography and radionuclide bone scans are helpful in making the diagnosis, as regular X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging usually fail to demonstrate the fracture.

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