CT results on hips

[Elliehca]

Hello

I am hoping someone can help. I recently had a CT scan that was actually a Urogram for an urology problem. That came back clear but the results have mentioned about my hips. It reads “note made of cortical thickening and bilateral femoral neck? Stress reaction”

Does anyone know what this means? No one has been in touch, but I also know the hospital I had it at is pretty rubbish, as my job is to try and get info from them daily for Outpatient clinics.

If anyone has had a similar result for any reason and could ease my mind, that would be great. (I know it’s a long shot!) 😊

[usr2022]

can you post a picture of the results, as it makes no sense?

[Elliehca in reply to usr2022]

Hiya, I’ve just posted it.

[RunningBirder]

A stress reaction is typically inflammation or damage from an overuse injury, often a precursor to a stress fracture. Are you a runner or have you increased stress on that area? I would take the result to an orthopedic doctor. I've had a stress reaction once, training for a marathon, and had to back off training for several weeks.

[Elliehca in reply to RunningBirder]

Hiya. No I’m the complete opposite to a runner. The only exercise I do is walking 🤣. That doesn’t sound like good news! I have found my feet have started rolling inwards over the past few years and it’s possibly affected my gait, but that’s the only thing I can think of. I just bought insoles from Amazon for it. I’m in the UK so I am not sure what they do for it, but I certainly don’t want to cause any fractures on my hips. Thanks for your help.

[Arcadia10]

I think it's a typo. Should read "cortical thickening at bilateral femoral neck". That makes sense in terms of indication of stress reaction (possible fracture).

[Elliehca in reply to Arcadia10]

Oh I see, yes that makes sense, I’m not sure why I didn’t think of that haha. Fingers crossed they passed it onto the right people anyway. I don’t fancy getting fractures on my hips!