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An 87-year-old man tripped and fell; subsequently, persistent pain developed in the left hip. A radiograph of the left hip 2 weeks after the fall revealed diffuse osteopenia with no evidence of fracture (Panel A). Because clinical suspicion of fracture was great, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the hip was performed, which revealed edema (on fat-suppressed fast spin–echo T2-weighted coronal imaging [Panel B, arrows]) and a nondisplaced fracture line (on T1-weighted coronal imaging [Panel C, arrows]) in the intertrochanteric left hip. The patient desired nonoperative management, and therefore he was given restrictions on weight-bearing activity with close orthopedic . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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