title: [Magnetic resonance tomographic studies of stress fractures].
abstract: Stress fractures can represent a diagnostic problem especially in their differentiation from bone tumours. 6 patients with 7 lesions were examined. MRI visualised the stress fractures and established the diagnosis of stress fracture vs. tumour in 6 cases. In the seventh, biopsy having been performed, a tumour was ruled out. MRI is more sensitive than radiography in the detection of stress fractures, showing the characteristic changes earlier. MRI, being a very sensitive method in the diagnosis of stress fractures and a reliable one in their differentiation from bone tumours, can be applied in cases of unusual clinical course and difficult radiological diagnosis prior to biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Grosshadern Radiologische Klinik, München.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yousry
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breitner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stelzer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiling
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stäbler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Kernspintomographische Untersuchungen von Stressfrakturen.