title: Insufficiency and nondisplaced fractures of the talar head: MRI appearances.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We present nondisplaced talar head fractures in two patient groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Talar head insufficiency fractures should be considered in older patients, particularly perimenopausal women. Nondisplaced talar head fractures may occur in younger patients after trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, Dublin 7, Ireland. nevelong@gmail.com
authors.forename: Niamh M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Adam C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Zoga
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kier
authors.forename: Eoin C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Kavanagh
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013628:Talus / Q000293:injuries*