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Radiographs showing (a1) a stress reaction (arrow) on the lateral proximal femoral cortex and (a2) an atypical subtrochanteric fracture sustained atraumatically in the same patient 48 h later and (b) a typical spiral subtrochanteric fracture. Adapted with permission from Donnelly and Saleh.58
