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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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Hip in Osteoporosis



- See: Idiopathic Transient Osteoporosis of the Hip:

- Radiographs:
    - radiographs of hip may show prominence of the trabeculae that constitute Ward triangle. (Singh index)
    - radiographic studies of other bone show decrease in numbers of trabeculae, particularly the horizontal ones;
    - bone scans usually show no increase in radionuclide uptake unless fracture has occurred;










Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.