title: Unusual stress fracture on the roof of the acetabulum: magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: We describe a case of stress fracture of the roof of the acetabulum, in a woman with osteoporosis. Magnetic resonance imaging gave abnormally low signals in T1 weighted images and high signals in T2 weighted images.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Rangueil, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laroche
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jacquemier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Joffre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arlet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazieres
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications