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Home Stress (Fatigue/Insufficiency) Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae

Variants

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Scenario

Scenario ID

Procedure

Adult RRL

Peds RRL

Appropriateness Category

Subchondral stress fracture suspected, femur, radiography indeterminate, next imaging study

3197372

MRI thigh without IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually appropriate

CT thigh without IV contrast

0.1-1mSv
☢☢

May be appropriate

Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT femur

1-10 mSv
☢☢☢

3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢

May be appropriate

US thigh

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

Radiography femur repeat in 10-14 days

<0.1 mSv
☢

0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢

Usually not appropriate

MRI thigh without and with IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

CT thigh with IV contrast

0.1-1mSv
☢☢

Usually not appropriate

CT thigh without and with IV contrast

1-10 mSv
☢☢☢

Usually not appropriate