RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Clearly Observable Cold Fracture Line of an Early Occult Hip Fracture on Bone Scintigraphy
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP jnmt.113.130765
DO 10.2967/jnmt.113.130765
A1 Yang, Zhiyun
A1 Reed, Tameron
A1 Simoncini, Alberto A.
YR 2014
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2014/02/20/jnmt.113.130765.abstract
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.