femoral stress fracture

Femoral neck

stress fracture in an adolescent boy. AP radiograph of the pelvis showing a linear area of sclerosis at the inferior margin of the right femoral neck (arrowed).

Femoral neck

stress fracture in an adolescent boy. There is a linear fracture line (low signal, arrowed) extending from inferior aspect of the right femoral neck surrounded by an ill-defined area of decreased signal intensity; the latter represents associated bone marrow oedema.

Femoral neck

stress fracture in an adolescent boy. Coronal STIR of the pelvis. The low signal linear fracture line is again seen in the right femoral neck. The surrounding bone marrow oedema is of high signal on this sequence.