Home Stress (Fatigue/Insufficiency) Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Stress fracture suspected, tibia and fibula, immediate need-to-know, radiography indeterminate, next imaging study 3197335
MRI lower leg without IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually appropriate
CT lower leg without IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢

May be appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT tibia and fibula
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢
May be appropriate
US lower leg
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
Radiography tibia and fibula repeat in 10-14 days
<0.1 mSv
<0.03 mSv [ped]
Usually not appropriate
MRI lower leg without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
CT lower leg with IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢

Usually not appropriate
CT lower leg without and with IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢

Usually not appropriate