Left Greater Trochanter Fracture

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	Inaccurately Elevated T-scores on DXA Scans in a Patient with Metastatic Prostate Cancer	…	Reporting and Interpretation Issues	Hip, Hologic, metastatic prostate cancer, spine	positioning	hip hologic metastatic-prostate-cancer spine
	Hologic Right Forearm Scan with a Watch Artifact	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, forearm scan, Hologic, wrist watch	external-artifacts	external-artifact forearm-scan hologic wrist-watch
	DXA Interpreters Can Suspect Forearm “Slot Error” by Evaluating Tissue Thickness Measurement	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases	forearm, Slot error, tissue thickness	boston-2025-best-cases	forearm slot-error tissue-thickness
	A Case Report: Rare Cause of Recurrent Fragility Fracture in an Older Adult-Osteopetrosis	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases, Disease Entities	Fragility Fractures, Geriatric, high bone density, hip fracture, Incorrect Hologic Spine, Osteopetrosis, Osteosclerosis	boston-2025-best-cases disease-entities	fragility-fractures geriatric high-bone-density hip-fracture incorrect-hologic-spine osteopetrosis osteosclerosis
	improper distal forearm scan acquisition	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases, Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	misadventures in DXA imaging	boston-2025-best-cases misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	misadventures-in-dxa-imaging
	High bone density in woman with mastocytosis	…	Disease Entities	GE Healthcare, high bone density, Hip, Mastocytosis, Osteosclerosis, spine	disease-entities	ge-healthcare high-bone-density hip mastocytosis osteosclerosis spine
	Bone Densitometry study in patient with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases, Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts		boston-2025-best-cases disease-entities internal-artifacts
	Can This Spine be Used for Diagnosis?	…	Anatomical Variants, Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Exclusion, GE Lunar Prodigy, spine	anatomical-variants disease-entities internal-artifacts	exclusion ge-lunar-prodigy spine
	Abduction Position at Hip Influences Femoral Neck (FN) BMD?	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	abduction, BMD, femoral neck, FN, Hip, Hologic, internal rotation, position	positioning-and-analysis-issues	abduction bmd femoral-neck fn hip hologic internal-rotation position
	Edge Detection, Scoliosis	…	Internal Artifacts, Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, GE Healthcare, Scoliosis, spine	internal-artifacts misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	edge-detection ge-healthcare scoliosis spine
	Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebra, A case of four and one half lumbar vertebrae	…	Anatomical Variants	segmentation variants, transitional vertebra, transverse process, vertebral identification	anatomical-variants	segmentation-variants transitional-vertebra transverse-process vertebral-identification
	Incorrect Forearm Positioning GE	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	forearm, GE Healthcare, Incorrect GE Forearm Positioning, positioning, wrist	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	forearm ge-healthcare incorrect-ge-forearm-positioning positioning wrist
	Discordant Left-Right Hip Change in Osteoarthritis	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	buttressing, hip discordance, osteoarthritis	disease-entities internal-artifacts	buttressing hip-discordance osteoarthritis
	GE-Lunar Short Femoral Neck ROI Placement Challenges	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck ROI, femur neck box, serial femur scans, short femoral neck	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck-roi femur-neck-box serial-femur-scans short-femoral-neck
	Rare GE-Lunar 4% fat, soft tissue detection failure resulting in the false appearance of extraordinarily low BMD	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning	Point Typing, soft tissue detection failure, t, underestimation	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning	point-typing soft-tissue-detection-failure t underestimation
	Black Hole Artifacts – Surgical Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	artifact, black hole, black hole artifacts, Hologic, lumbar spine, surgical clips, tantalum	internal-artifacts	artifact black-hole black-hole-artifacts hologic lumbar-spine surgical-clips tantalum
	Pacemaker	…	Internal Artifacts	Hologic, internal artifact, Pacemaker	internal-artifacts	hologic internal-artifact pacemaker
	Wrong Ethnicity in Analysis of a DXA Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Database, ethnicity, lumbar spine	positioning-and-analysis-issues	database ethnicity lumbar-spine
	Incorrect Size of Lumbar Spine Region of Interest on A Hologic Lumbar Spine Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Hologic, lumbar spine, lumbar spine region of interest size, region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis hologic lumbar-spine lumbar-spine-region-of-interest-size region-of-interest
$391-word-left-subcapital-fracture-jpeg-cropped1.jpg$	Chronic Malunited Left Subcapital Femoral Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Disease entity, femoral fracture, hip scan, internal artifact, Left subcapital hip fracture	disease-entities internal-artifacts	disease-entity femoral-fracture hip-scan internal-artifact left-subcapital-hip-fracture
	Capturing BMD of the Distal Femur and Proximal Tibia utilizing GE Orthopedic Knee Software	…	Normal Scans	distal femur, knee acquisition and analysis scan, proximal tibia	normal-scans	distal-femur knee-acquisition-and-analysis-scan proximal-tibia
	Elevated Bone Mineral Density	…	Disease Entities	Elevated bone mineral density, elevated Z-score	disease-entities	elevated-bone-mineral-density elevated-z-score
	Laminectomy and Spinal Hardware	…	Internal Artifacts	hardware, Hologic, laminectomy, spinal hardware, spine scan	internal-artifacts	hardware hologic laminectomy spinal-hardware spine-scan
	BONE DENSITOMETRY SHOWING ARTIFACT CAUSED BY A CALCIFIED SPLEEN IN PATIENT WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	artifact, Bone densitometry, calcified spleen, Osteoporosis, sickle cell anemia, spleen, vertebral fracture assessment., whole body composition	disease-entities internal-artifacts	artifact bone-densitometry calcified-spleen osteoporosis sickle-cell-anemia spleen vertebral-fracture-assessment whole-body-composition
	Normal Anterior-Posterior (AP) Lumbar Spine Scan from a GE iDXA Densitometer	…	Normal Scans	AP Lumbar Spine, GE iDXA	normal-scans	ap-lumbar-spine ge-idxa
	Normal Left Proximal Femur Scan from a GE iDXA Densitometer	…	Normal Scans	GE iDXA, normal hip scan	normal-scans	ge-idxa normal-hip-scan
	Bullets	…	Internal Artifacts	black hole, bullet, Hologic, internal artifact, lumbar spine	internal-artifacts	black-hole bullet hologic internal-artifact lumbar-spine
	Normal GE Spine Analysis	…	Normal Scans, Positioning and Analysis Issues	DJD, GE, spine	normal-scans positioning-and-analysis-issues	djd ge spine
	GE Normal Hip	…	Normal Scans	GE, Hip, normal	normal-scans	ge hip normal
	Normal 33% radius GE	…	Normal Scans	33% radius, forearm, GE, Normal postmenopausal female	normal-scans	33-radius forearm ge normal-postmenopausal-female
	Dexcon Glucose Monitor	…	External Artifacts	external artifact; glucose monitor; Dexcom	external-artifacts	external-artifact-glucose-monitor-dexcom
	Normal Hologic Hip Scan	…	Normal Scans	femoral neck, Hip, Hologic, normal scan, total hip	normal-scans	femoral-neck hip hologic normal-scan total-hip
	Normal Hologic Spine Scan	…	Normal Scans	Hologic, normal scan, spine	normal-scans	hologic normal-scan spine
	Black Hole Artifact Over L4	…	Internal Artifacts	black hole artifact, surgical clips, tantalum clips	internal-artifacts	black-hole-artifact surgical-clips tantalum-clips
	Incorrect Femoral Neck Positioning and Analysis/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, femoral neck, femoral neck positioning, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis femoral-neck femoral-neck-positioning hologic
	Femoral Neck Box Incorrectly Positioned/ Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, femoral neck, femoral neck box, Hip, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis femoral-neck femoral-neck-box hip hologic
	Incorrect Wrist Analysis/ Incorrect Edge Detection	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, edge detection, wrist	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis edge-detection wrist
	Transgender	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis; transgender	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis-transgender
	Burst Fracture of L3	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	burst, compression fracture	disease-entities internal-artifacts	burst compression-fracture
	5 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies with Lowest Ribs on T11 vs. 6 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies	…	Anatomical Variants	5 lumbar vertebral bodies with lowest ribs on T11, 6 lumbar vertebral bodies, anatomical variant	anatomical-variants	5-lumbar-vertebral-bodies-with-lowest-ribs-on-t11 6-lumbar-vertebral-bodies anatomical-variant
	Calcifications in the Soft Tissue Projecting over the Left Hip	…	Internal Artifacts	Internal artifacts, soft tissue calcification	internal-artifacts	internal-artifacts soft-tissue-calcification
	Common Iliac Stents	…	Internal Artifacts	common iliac stents, Internal artifacts	internal-artifacts	common-iliac-stents internal-artifacts
	Left Femoral Stent/Graft	…	Internal Artifacts	Femoral graft, femoral stent, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	femoral-graft femoral-stent internal-artifact
	Long Femur Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	extended hip scan, hip scan length, Hologic, long hip scan	positioning-and-analysis-issues	extended-hip-scan hip-scan-length hologic long-hip-scan
	Incorrect Hologic Hip Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck width, Hologic, total hip global region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck femoral-neck-width hologic total-hip-global-region-of-interest
	Incorrect Hologic Femoral Neck Box Width	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck box width, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck femoral-neck-box-width hologic
	Incorrect Spine Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	region of interest, spine, spine region of interest	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	region-of-interest spine spine-region-of-interest
	Incorrect Spine and Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues, Reporting and Interpretation Issues	Incorrect analysis of spine and hip scans, incorrect report	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues positioning	incorrect-analysis-of-spine-and-hip-scans incorrect-report
	Incorrect GE Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	hip analysis, region of interest	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	hip-analysis region-of-interest
	Incorrect Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	GE Healthcare, Hip, incorrect hip analysis, region of interest	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	ge-healthcare hip incorrect-hip-analysis region-of-interest
	FRAX Does Not Calculate	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	FRAX factors	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	frax-factors
	DXA Report Problems	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Reporting and Interpretation Issues	DXA report, reporting problems	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning	dxa-report reporting-problems
	Incorrect Hologic Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	hip scan, Hologic, incorrect anaysis	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	hip-scan hologic incorrect-anaysis
	Incorrect Wrist Scan Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	forearm scan, region of interest	misadventures-in-dxa-scanning positioning-and-analysis-issues	forearm-scan region-of-interest
	DXA Reporting Issue	…	Reporting and Interpretation Issues	DXA report, report	positioning	dxa-report report
	Database/ Gender /Z-score issue	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Database, gender, Z-score	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis database gender z-score
	Database /Ethnicity/ T-score	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Database, spine	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis database spine
	Database/ Ethnicity/ Z-score	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Database, ethnicity	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis database ethnicity
	Femoral Head is Not Outlined/ Hip Edge Detection Issues	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, femoral head, femoral head edge detection	positioning-and-analysis-issues	edge-detection femoral-head femoral-head-edge-detection
	Spine Edge Detection Problem	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, spine edge detection	positioning-and-analysis-issues	edge-detection spine-edge-detection
	Edge Detection Problem in the Lumbar Spine	…	Internal Artifacts, Positioning and Analysis Issues	artifact, edge detection, Radiographic contrast	internal-artifacts positioning-and-analysis-issues	artifact edge-detection radiographic-contrast
	Poor Spine Edge Detection	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, spine	positioning-and-analysis-issues	edge-detection spine
	Incorrect Femoral Neck Box Size	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Femoral neck box size, Hologic, pixels	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck-box-size hologic pixels
	Femoral Neck Size Different Between Baseline and Follow-up Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Femoral neck box size, follow-up, pixels	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck-box-size follow-up pixels
	Follow-up Hip Scan with the Lesser Trochanter Incompletely Outlined	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, follow-up, lesser trochanter, lesser trochanter not outlined, poor edge detection	positioning-and-analysis-issues	edge-detection follow-up lesser-trochanter lesser-trochanter-not-outlined poor-edge-detection
	Wrong Hologic Total Hip Global Region of Interest Size on Follow-up	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	follw-up, global hip region of interest size	positioning-and-analysis-issues	follw-up global-hip-region-of-interest-size
	Follow-up Differences in Hip Global Region of Interest	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	follow-up, hip global ROI size	positioning-and-analysis-issues	follow-up hip-global-roi-size
	Difference in Spinal Levels on Follow-up Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	follow-up, follow-up analysis, spinal levels	positioning-and-analysis-issues	follow-up follow-up-analysis spinal-levels
	Change of Size of Lumbar Spine Region of Interest Over Time	…	Internal Artifacts, Positioning and Analysis Issues	degenerative change, follow-up scan, spine global region of interest size, spine ROI	internal-artifacts positioning-and-analysis-issues	degenerative-change follow-up-scan spine-global-region-of-interest-size spine-roi
	Differences in Spine Region of Interest Size Over Time	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	degenerative change, follow-up scan, lumbar spine area, spine global region of interest size	positioning-and-analysis-issues	degenerative-change follow-up-scan lumbar-spine-area spine-global-region-of-interest-size
	Scan Mode	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	array mode, fast array, Hologic, scan mode	positioning-and-analysis-issues	array-mode fast-array hologic scan-mode
	Incorrect Hologic Forearm Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, forearm, forearm region of interest, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis forearm forearm-region-of-interest hologic
	Hologic Total Hip Region of Interest Placed Too High	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, high, Hologic, region of interest, total hip region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis high hologic region-of-interest total-hip-region-of-interest
	Hologic Hip Global Region of Interest Box Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	global region of interest box, Hip, Hologic, positioining, region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	global-region-of-interest-box hip hologic positioining region-of-interest
	Hologic Hip Global Region of Interest Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, global hip region of interest box, hip analysis, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis global-hip-region-of-interest-box hip-analysis hologic
	Hologic Total Hip Region of Interest Box Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis issue, Femoral neck size, Hologic, total hip region of interest box	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis-issue femoral-neck-size hologic total-hip-region-of-interest-box
	Total Hip Region of Interest Incorrect/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Hologic, lesser trochanter, positioning, total hip region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	hologic lesser-trochanter positioning total-hip-region-of-interest
	Total Hip Region of Interest Incorrect/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, greater trochanter, Hologic, total hip region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	analysis greater-trochanter hologic total-hip-region-of-interest
	Incorrect Total Hip Region of Interest/GE Healthcare	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	GE Healthcare, positioning and analysis, total hip, total hip region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	ge-healthcare positioning-and-analysis total-hip total-hip-region-of-interest
	Total Hip Region of Interest Incorrect/GE Healthcare	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	GE Healthcare, greater trochanter, total hip region of interest, trochanter	positioning-and-analysis-issues	ge-healthcare greater-trochanter total-hip-region-of-interest trochanter
	Femoral Neck Box Includes Part of the Ischium	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck box placement, Hologic, ischium	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck femoral-neck-box-placement hologic ischium
	Incorrect Hologic Femoral Neck Box Length/ Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck box, Hologic, Length of femoral neck box	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck-box hologic length-of-femoral-neck-box
	Incorrect Femoral Neck Box Width/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, Femoral neck size, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck femoral-neck-size hologic
	Femoral Neck Box Size Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck box placement, Femoral neck box size, femoral neck width, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck femoral-neck-box-placement femoral-neck-box-size femoral-neck-width hologic
	Femoral Neck Region of Interest Positioning/ Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck box, femoral neck box placement, Hologic	positioning-and-analysis-issues	femoral-neck-box femoral-neck-box-placement hologic
	Effects of Spinal Hardware on Spine DXA Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	global region of interest., spinal hardware, spine analysis	positioning-and-analysis-issues	global-region-of-interest spinal-hardware spine-analysis
	Effects of Spinal Hardware on Spine DXA Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	spinal hardware, spine analysis	positioning-and-analysis-issues	spinal-hardware spine-analysis
	Legs Down vs Legs Up Spine Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	block, legs down, legs up, spine scanning	positioning-and-analysis-issues	block legs-down legs-up spine-scanning
	Mask	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, mask	external-artifacts	external-artifact mask
	Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate (Lokelma) Artifact	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, Lokelma, medication, Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact lokelma medication sodium-zirconium-cyclosilicate
	Clothing Artifact	…	External Artifacts	buttons, clothing, External artifact, forearm	external-artifacts	buttons clothing external-artifact forearm
	Forearm Positioner Artifact	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, forearm positioner	external-artifacts	external-artifact forearm-positioner
	Spine Discordance	…	Internal Artifacts	discordance; focal sclerosis, vertebral body discordance.	internal-artifacts	discordance-focal-sclerosis vertebral-body-discordance
	Lanthanum	…	Internal Artifacts	chronic renal insufficiency, CKD, Fosrenal, internal artifact, lanthanum	internal-artifacts	chronic-renal-insufficiency ckd fosrenal internal-artifact lanthanum
	Mastocytosis	…	Disease Entities	Mastocytosis	disease-entities	mastocytosis
	Sickle Cell Anemia	…	Disease Entities		disease-entities
	Spinal Level Identification	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	segmentation, spinal level identification	positioning-and-analysis-issues	segmentation spinal-level-identification
	Spinal Level Identification	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	spinal level identification, spine segmentation	positioning-and-analysis-issues	spinal-level-identification spine-segmentation
	Spinal Level Identifiation	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	segmentation, spinal level identification, spine region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	segmentation spinal-level-identification spine-region-of-interest
	Spinal Level Identification	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	segmentation, spinal level, spine region of interest	positioning-and-analysis-issues	segmentation spinal-level spine-region-of-interest
	Hip Rotation	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	hip positioning, hip rotation	positioning-and-analysis-issues	hip-positioning hip-rotation
	Spine Positioning and Rotation	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	positioning, spine, spine rotation.	positioning-and-analysis-issues	positioning spine spine-rotation
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression fracture, Disease entity, internal artifact, vertebral augmentation	disease-entities internal-artifacts	compression-fracture disease-entity internal-artifact vertebral-augmentation
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression fracture, vertebral augmentation	disease-entities internal-artifacts	compression-fracture vertebral-augmentation
	Vascular Calcification	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	aortic calcification, atherosclerosis, vascular calcification	disease-entities internal-artifacts	aortic-calcification atherosclerosis vascular-calcification
	Turner’s Syndome	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Turner's Syndrome	disease-entities	disease-entity turners-syndrome
	Pancreatic Calcification	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	calcified pancreas, Greenfield filter, internal artifact, IVC filter, pancreas	disease-entities internal-artifacts	calcified-pancreas greenfield-filter internal-artifact ivc-filter pancreas
	Paget’s Disease	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Paget, Paget's Disease	disease-entities	disease-entity paget pagets-disease
	Osteogensis Imperfecta	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, inherited, OI, Osteogenesis imperfecta	disease-entities	disease-entity inherited oi osteogenesis-imperfecta
	Oncogenic Osteomalacia/Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, osteogenic osteomalacia, TIO, tumor-induced osteomalacia	disease-entities	disease-entity osteogenic-osteomalacia tio tumor-induced-osteomalacia
	Oncogenic Osteomalacia/Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, oncogenic osteomalacia, TIO, tumor-induced osteomalacia	disease-entities	disease-entity oncogenic-osteomalacia tio tumor-induced-osteomalacia
	Panniculus/Obesity	…	Disease Entities, External Artifacts	Disease entity, External artifact, obesity, panniculus	disease-entities external-artifacts	disease-entity external-artifact obesity panniculus
	Panniculus	…	Disease Entities, External Artifacts	disease entity., External artifact, obesity, panniculus	disease-entities external-artifacts	disease-entity-2 external-artifact obesity panniculus
	Nephrolithiasis	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	disease entitity, Kidney stone, nephrolithiasis, renal stone	disease-entities internal-artifacts	disease-entitity kidney-stone nephrolithiasis renal-stone
	Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia	…	Disease Entities	disease entity., MEN-1, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia	disease-entities	disease-entity-2 men-1 multiple-endocrine-neoplasia
	Marfan Syndrome	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Marfan Syndrome	disease-entities	disease-entity marfan-syndrome
	Neuroblastoma/Retroperitoneal Ganglioneuroma	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Neuroblastoma, Retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma	disease-entities	disease-entity neuroblastoma retroperitoneal-ganglioneuroma
	Hypophosphatemic Rickets	…	Disease Entities	diseasae entity, hypophosphatemic rickets, rickets	disease-entities	diseasae-entity hypophosphatemic-rickets rickets
	Metastatic Breast Cancer	…	Disease Entities	Breast cancer, Disease entity, metastatic	disease-entities	breast-cancer disease-entity metastatic
	Laminectomy	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, laminectomy, spinal hardware	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact laminectomy spinal-hardware
	Klinefelter Syndrome	…	Disease Entities	Disease Entity. XXY, Klinefelter, Klinefelter Syndrome	disease-entities	disease-entity-xxy klinefelter klinefelter-syndrome
	Hypophosphatasia	…	Disease Entities	alkaline phosphatase, Disease entity, Hypophosphatasia	disease-entities	alkaline-phosphatase disease-entity hypophosphatasia
	Hyperthyroidism	…	Disease Entities	disease entity., hyperthyroidsim	disease-entities	disease-entity-2 hyperthyroidsim
	Primary Hyperparathyroidism	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, hyperparathyroidism, Primary hyperparathyroidism	disease-entities	disease-entity hyperparathyroidism primary-hyperparathyroidism
	Fractured Wrist	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	disease entity., ulnar fracture, Wrist fracture	disease-entities internal-artifacts	disease-entity-2 ulnar-fracture wrist-fracture
$trochanter-fracture-jpeg-cropped$	Left Greater Trochanter Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Disease entity, hip fracture, Trochanter fracture	disease-entities internal-artifacts	disease-entity hip-fracture trochanter-fracture
$Bilateral-hip-fracture-DXA-jpeg-cropped$	Bilateral Hip Fractures	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Bilateral hip fracture, disease entityt, hip fracture, spinal cord injury	disease-entities internal-artifacts	bilateral-hip-fracture disease-entityt hip-fracture spinal-cord-injury
$Femoral-neck-fracture-jpeg-cropped$	Femoral Neck Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	disease entity., Femoral neck fracture, hip fracture	disease-entities internal-artifacts	disease-entity-2 femoral-neck-fracture hip-fracture
	Compression Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression, compression fracture, disese entity., vertebral compression	disease-entities internal-artifacts	compression compression-fracture disese-entity vertebral-compression
	Compression Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression fracture, Disease entity, fracture, vertebral fracture	disease-entities internal-artifacts	compression-fracture disease-entity fracture vertebral-fracture
	Uterine Fibroid	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Disease entity, fibroid, internal artifact., uterine fibroid	disease-entities internal-artifacts	disease-entity fibroid internal-artifact-2 uterine-fibroid
	Elevated Bone Mineral Density	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Elevated bone mineral density, high bone mass, Z-score	disease-entities	disease-entity elevated-bone-mineral-density high-bone-mass z-score
	Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Ehlers-Danlos, Ehlers-Danlose syndrome, hypermobilitity	disease-entities	disease-entity ehlers-danlos ehlers-danlose-syndrome hypermobilitity
	Celiac Disease	…	Disease Entities	celiac sprue, disease entity., malabsorption, sprue	disease-entities	celiac-sprue disease-entity-2 malabsorption sprue
	Bridging Osteophytes	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	bridging osteophytes, DISH, internal artifact	disease-entities internal-artifacts	bridging-osteophytes dish internal-artifact
	Degenerative Changes	…	Internal Artifacts	degenerative change, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	degenerative-change internal-artifact
	Cystic Fibrosis	…	Disease Entities	cystic fibrosis; disease entity, malabsorption	disease-entities	cystic-fibrosis-disease-entity malabsorption
	Cholelithiasis/Gallstones	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	cholelithiasis, Disease entity, gallstones, internal artifact	disease-entities internal-artifacts	cholelithiasis disease-entity gallstones internal-artifact
	Cholelithiasis/ Gallstones	…	External Artifacts, Internal Artifacts	cholelithiasis; disease entity, Gallstone, internal artifact	external-artifacts internal-artifacts	cholelithiasis-disease-entity gallstone internal-artifact
	Calcified Tendon	…	Disease Entities	calcified tendon, calcified tendonitis, Disease entity	disease-entities	calcified-tendon calcified-tendonitis disease-entity
	Heterotopic Ossification	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	calcinosis, Disease entity, heterotopic ossification, musculoskeletal trauma., spinal cord injury	disease-entities internal-artifacts	calcinosis disease-entity heterotopic-ossification musculoskeletal-trauma spinal-cord-injury
	Calcinosis	…	Disease Entities	calcinosis, Disease entity, heterotopic ossification	disease-entities	calcinosis disease-entity heterotopic-ossification
	Benign Bone Lesion – Bone Island	…	Disease Entities	Benign bone lesion, bone island, Disease entity, tumor	disease-entities	benign-bone-lesion bone-island disease-entity tumor
	Benign Bone Lesions – Bone Infarct	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Benign bone lesion, bone infarct, Disease entity, internal artifact, tumor	disease-entities internal-artifacts	benign-bone-lesion bone-infarct disease-entity internal-artifact tumor
	Benign Bone Lesion – Enchondroma	…	Disease Entities	Benign bone lesion, disase entity, enchondroma, tumor	disease-entities	benign-bone-lesion disase-entity enchondroma tumor
	Benign Bone Lesion – Enchondroma	…	Disease Entities	Benign bone lesion, enchondroma; disease entity, tumor	disease-entities	benign-bone-lesion enchondroma-disease-entity tumor
	Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass	…	Disease Entities	bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, obesity, roux-en-y gastric bypass, weight loss	disease-entities	bariatric-surgery gastric-bypass obesity roux-en-y-gastric-bypass weight-loss
	Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head	…	Disease Entities	avascular necrosis, AVN, Disease entity, femoral head	disease-entities	avascular-necrosis avn disease-entity femoral-head
	Ascites and Indwelling Peritoneal Dialysate	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	ascites, dialysate, Disease entity, internal artiact, peritoneal dialysate, peritoneal dialysis, renal failure	disease-entities internal-artifacts	ascites dialysate disease-entity internal-artiact peritoneal-dialysate peritoneal-dialysis renal-failure
	Acetabula Protrusio	…	Disease Entities	acetabula protrusio, Disease entities	disease-entities	acetabula-protrusio disease-entities
	6 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies	…	Anatomical Variants	6 lumbar vertebral bodies, anatomical variants, lumbar spine, segmentation	anatomical-variants	6-lumbar-vertebral-bodies anatomical-variants lumbar-spine segmentation
	Shotgun Pellets	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, projectile, shotgun pellet	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact projectile shotgun-pellet
	Wallet	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, wallet	external-artifacts	external-artifact wallet
	Chromium Tablets	…	Internal Artifacts	chromium, chromium tablet, internal artifact, tablet	internal-artifacts	chromium chromium-tablet internal-artifact tablet
	Darvocet N-100 Tablet	…	Internal Artifacts	Darvocet N-100, internal artiact, tablet	internal-artifacts	darvocet-n-100 internal-artiact tablet
	Calcium Tablets and Multiple Vitamin	…	External Artifacts	calcium, calcium pill, External artifact, multiple vitamin, tablets	external-artifacts	calcium calcium-pill external-artifact multiple-vitamin tablets
	Belly Button Ring	…	External Artifacts	belly button ring, body piercing, External artifact	external-artifacts	belly-button-ring body-piercing external-artifact
	Calcific Tendonitis/Bursitis	…	Disease Entities	bursitis, calcific tendonitis, Disease entity, internal artfact, tendonitis	disease-entities	bursitis calcific-tendonitis disease-entity internal-artfact tendonitis
	Gallstone	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	cholelithiasis, Gallstone, internal artifact	disease-entities internal-artifacts	cholelithiasis gallstone internal-artifact
	Bra Clips	…	External Artifacts	Bra clips, bra fasteners, External artifact	external-artifacts	bra-clips bra-fasteners external-artifact
	Zipper	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, zipper	external-artifacts	external-artifact zipper
	Rivet/Snap	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, Hip, Rivet, snap	external-artifacts	external-artifact hip rivet snap
	Rubber Bands	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, rubber band, wrist	external-artifacts	external-artifact rubber-band wrist
	Key	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, key, pocket	external-artifacts	external-artifact key pocket
	Motion Artifact/Tremor	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, motion artifact, tremor, wrist	external-artifacts	external-artifact motion-artifact tremor wrist
	Motion Artifact/Tremor	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, motion, motion artifact, tremor	external-artifacts	external-artifact motion motion-artifact tremor
	Hand/Fingers	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, femur, fingers, Hand	external-artifacts	external-artifact femur fingers hand
	Hands/Fingers	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, hands, lumbar spine; fingers	external-artifacts	external-artifact hands lumbar-spine-fingers
	Bobbie Pin	…	External Artifacts	Bobbie pin, External artifact, Hip	external-artifacts	bobbie-pin external-artifact hip
	Bra Fasteners	…	External Artifacts	Bra fastener, clips, External artifact, fastener	external-artifacts	bra-fastener clips external-artifact fastener
	Clothing	…	External Artifacts	clothing, external artifacts, reflective strip	external-artifacts	clothing external-artifacts reflective-strip
	Bracelet	…	External Artifacts	Bracelet, External artifacgt	external-artifacts	bracelet external-artifacgt
	Button	…	External Artifacts	Button, External artifact	external-artifacts	button external-artifact
	Belly Button Ring	…	External Artifacts	belly button ring, Body piercing jewelry, External artifact, naval ring	external-artifacts	belly-button-ring body-piercing-jewelry external-artifact naval-ring
	Belt	…	External Artifacts	beaded belt, Belt, External artifact	external-artifacts	beaded-belt belt external-artifact
	Nephrectomy Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	clips, internal artifact, nephrectomy, surgical clips	internal-artifacts	clips internal-artifact nephrectomy surgical-clips
	Surgical Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	black hole artifact, clips, internal artifact, surgical clips	internal-artifacts	black-hole-artifact clips internal-artifact surgical-clips
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact., kyphoplasty, vertebral augmentation	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact-2 kyphoplasty vertebral-augmentation
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, kyphoplasty, vertebral augmentation, vertebroplasty	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact kyphoplasty vertebral-augmentation vertebroplasty
	Tablets	…	Internal Artifacts	calcium pill, calcium tablet, internal artifact, tablets	internal-artifacts	calcium-pill calcium-tablet internal-artifact tablets
	Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	clips, gall bladder clips, internal artifact, surgical clips	internal-artifacts	clips gall-bladder-clips internal-artifact surgical-clips
	Radiographic Contrast	…	Internal Artifacts	barium, contrast, internal artifact, Radiographic contrast	internal-artifacts	barium contrast internal-artifact radiographic-contrast
	Pelvic Coils	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, lumbar spine., pelvic coil	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact lumbar-spine-2 pelvic-coil
	Pacemaker	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, Pacemaker	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact pacemaker
	Ostomy	…	Internal Artifacts	Ileostomy, internal artifact, ostomy	internal-artifacts	ileostomy internal-artifact ostomy
	Nerve Stimulator	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, lumbar spine, Nerve stimulator	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact lumbar-spine nerve-stimulator
	Sewing Needle	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, needle, sewing needle	internal-artifacts	internal-artifact needle sewing-needle
	Hip Osteoarthritis – How Bad Can It Get?	…	Internal Artifacts	Hip DXA, osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis	internal-artifacts	hip-dxa osteoarthritis osteoporosis
	Osteoporosis and Unexpected Osteosclerosis	…	Disease Entities	Osteomyelitis, Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis	disease-entities	osteomyelitis osteoporosis osteosclerosis
	Aortic calcification on spine DXA	…	Internal Artifacts	Aorta, Calcification, Spine DXA	internal-artifacts	aorta calcification spine-dxa
	Inferior Vena Caval (IVC) Filter	…	Internal Artifacts	Greenfield filter, inferior vena cava, internal artifact, IVC filter	internal-artifacts	greenfield-filter inferior-vena-cava internal-artifact ivc-filter
	Gluteal Implant	…	Internal Artifacts	Gluteal implant, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	gluteal-implant internal-artifact
	Breast Implants	…	Internal Artifacts	Breast implant, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	breast-implant internal-artifact
	Resurfaced hip	…	Internal Artifacts	HIp hardware, hip replacement, internal artifact, Resurfaced hip	internal-artifacts	hip-hardware hip-replacement internal-artifact resurfaced-hip
	Hip Hardware	…	Internal Artifacts	HIp hardware, hip replacement, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	hip-hardware hip-replacement internal-artifact
	Spinal Hardware	…	Internal Artifacts	hardware, internal artifact, intervertebral disc spacer, spinal fixation, spinal hardware	internal-artifacts	hardware internal-artifact intervertebral-disc-spacer spinal-fixation spinal-hardware
	Endograft	…	Internal Artifacts	endograft, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	endograft internal-artifact
	Endograft	…	Internal Artifacts	endograft, internal artifact., vascular	internal-artifacts	endograft internal-artifact-2 vascular
	Endograft	…	Internal Artifacts	endograft, internal artifactos, vascular endograft	internal-artifacts	endograft internal-artifactos vascular-endograft
	Catheter	…	Internal Artifacts	catheter, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	catheter internal-artifact
	Feeding Tube	…	Internal Artifacts	Feeding tube, internal artifact, tube	internal-artifacts	feeding-tube internal-artifact tube
	Biliary Drainage Catheter	…	Internal Artifacts	Biliary drainage tube, catheter, internal artifact, tube	internal-artifacts	biliary-drainage-tube catheter internal-artifact tube
	Bowel Gas	…	Internal Artifacts	bowel gas, internal artifact	internal-artifacts	bowel-gas internal-artifact
	4 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies	…	Anatomical Variants	4 lumbar vertebral bodies, anatomical variant., lumbar spine, segmentation	anatomical-variants	4-lumbar-vertebral-bodies anatomical-variant-2 lumbar-spine segmentation
	AFF identified on hip DXA	…	Disease Entities	AFF, atypical femur fracture, Hip DXA	disease-entities	aff atypical-femur-fracture hip-dxa
	Pseudo-AFF on hip DXA	…	Disease Entities	AFF, atypical femur fracture, Hip	disease-entities	aff atypical-femur-fracture hip
	The Third Trochanter	…	Anatomical Variants	anatomical variant, Third trochanter	anatomical-variants	anatomical-variant third-trochanter
	Bariatric Surgery Lap Band Artifact	…	Internal Artifacts	artifact, bariatric surgery, internal artifact, lap band, tubing	internal-artifacts	artifact bariatric-surgery internal-artifact lap-band tubing
	Bariatric Surgery Lap Band Artifact	…	External Artifacts, Internal Artifacts	artifact, bariatric surgery, internal artifact, lap band	external-artifacts internal-artifacts	artifact bariatric-surgery internal-artifact lap-band
	Bariatric Surgery Artifacts- LapBand Port	…	Internal Artifacts	artifact, bariatric surgery, internal artifact, LapBand	internal-artifacts	artifact bariatric-surgery internal-artifact lapband

Left Greater Trochanter Fracture

The left Hologic DXA shows a left trochanteric fracture after a fall. The right hip should be scanned and reported.

Case Description:

This is a postmenopausal female who gave a history of having a left greater trochanter fracture after a fall.

Credit:

Sarah L Morgan, MD, RD, CCD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham