PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Zhiyun Yang
AU  - Tameron Reed
AU  - Alberto A. Simoncini
TI  - A Clearly Observable Cold Fracture Line of an Early Occult Hip Fracture on Bone Scintigraphy
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.113.130765
DP  - 2014 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 116--117
VI  - 42
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/2/116.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/2/116.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2014 Jun 01; 42
AB  - Although a true fracture is commonly associated with increased radionuclide uptake on bone scintigraphy, it is also possible for an area with no increased uptake (a cold line) to indicate fracture, as demonstrated in this case study. Detection of an occult acute hip fracture through recognition of a cold fracture line is important because of the associated therapeutic, economic, and medicolegal implications.