Multimodality imaging evaluation for iliac crest apophysis avulsion injury

Nandan Keshav, MD; Nupur Verma, MD; Manuela Matesan, MD; Fatemeh Behnia, MD; Saeed Elojeimy, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Aug 2019)

Multimodality imaging evaluation for iliac crest apophysis avulsion injury

Nandan Keshav, MD,
Nupur Verma, MD,
Manuela Matesan, MD,
Fatemeh Behnia, MD,
Saeed Elojeimy, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Nandan Keshav, MD: Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC 10-5530, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Nupur Verma, MD: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Manuela Matesan, MD: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Fatemeh Behnia, MD: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Saeed Elojeimy, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC 10-5530, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 8
pp. 986 – 988

Abstract

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A young cross-country athlete with left thigh pain, and a recent negative MRI of the left hip was referred to nuclear medicine for bone scan imaging. A 3-phase Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate bone scan was performed and revealed left iliac crest apophysis avulsion. This case illustrates that 3-phase bone scan is a great adjunct in the evaluation of sports injuries especially in athletes presenting with vague nonlocalizing symptoms, and prior negative radiographic or MRI imaging. Keywords: Iliac crest apophysis injury, Bone scan

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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