title: Stress fracture in the medial femoral condyle. A case report.
abstract: An 88-year-old woman complained of pain in the medial part of her knee for 5 weeks. Plain radiography was normal. Clinical and scintigraphic findings were suggestive of spontaneous osteonecrosis of the medial femoral condyle. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a stress fracture of the medial femoral condyle. In 3 weeks pain had disappeared, confirming this diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire de la Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lafforgue
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Acquaviva
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D010146:Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography / Q000592:standards; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin