• ABSTRACT
    • Adductor insertion avulsion syndrome, also known as "thigh splints," is a painful condition affecting the proximal to mid-femur at the insertion of the adductor muscles of the thigh. 18F-Sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) is increasingly used in diagnosing skeletal pain which is not identified on radiographs. We report a case of a 56-year-old morbidly obese woman with left hip pain referred for 18F-NaF positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) as magnetic resonance imaging cannot be performed due to obesity. 18F-NaF PET-CT shows an increase in tracer uptake at the posteromedial cortex of the upper shaft of left femur. Findings are likely due to adductor insertion avulsion syndrome. 18F-NaF provides important diagnostic information that might alter treatment options.