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Case Report

Volume 8, Number 5, May 2017, pages 159-162

Sneezing: A Rare Cause of Sacral Insufficiency Fracture in a Young Osteoporotic Woman

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Anteroposterior pelvic radiograph showing no abnormality in the left sacral ala.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Coronal-sectional MRI of the pelvis showing increased signal intensity of the left sacral ala consistent with a vertical stress fracture in coronal T2 scan.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. (a) There is no abnormality on the pelvic graph at 1 month. (b) Axial-sectional MRI of the pelvis at 1 month showing reduced signal intensity in left sacral ala with distally healed fracture line.