Sacral fatigue fractures in children with sacral spina bifida occulta

In this report, we present two cases of 9-year-old children with spina bifida occulta (SBO) of the sacrum, who were diagnosed with sacral fatigue fractures. In both patients, MRI showed a linear signal void and high signal in sacral ala on the short tau inversion recovery sequence. Sacral SBO at the...

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Main Authors: Hama, Shingo, Takata, Yoichiro, Sakai, Toshinori, Higashino, Kosaku, Abe, Mitsunobu, Nagamachi, Akihiro, Sairyo, Koichi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820662/