Subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head after liver transplantation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 53-year-old woman developed a subchondral insufficiency fracture of the right femoral head after undergoing a liver transplantation. Radiographs obtained at her first visit demonstrated a slight subchondral collapse in the superolateral portion of the femoral head. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclosed an irregular, discontinuous, low-intensity band on the T1-weighted image. After 7 months of conservative treatment, the hip pain and the radiograph abnormalities had both disappeared. On the follow-up T1-weighted MR image obtained 17 months after the onset, the band of low signal intensity was not obvious. A subchondral insufficiency fracture is one of the diagnoses to be considered in patients presenting with hip pain after a liver transplantation.
Medical subject headings
- Female
- Femoral Neck Fractures
- Femoral Neck Fractures/diagnosis
- Femoral Neck Fractures/etiology
- Fractures, Stress
- Fractures, Stress/diagnosis
- Fractures, Stress/etiology
- Humans
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation/adverse effects
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Anatomy
- femur
- hip