Stress fracture of the mid-tibial shaft.
In a series of 151 tibial stress fractures in athletes and joggers, seven were located at the mid-third of the diaphysis. The diagnosis was made radiographically several months after the onset of symptoms; a transverse fissure line or gap was noted in the middle of the hypertrophied anterior tibial cortex. Histologic examination of a biopsy of the fracture line showed features resembling pseudoarthrosis. All the patients returned to physical activities.
D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy