title: Stress fractures associated with adjacent osteoarthritis.
abstract: Two cases are reported which demonstrate stress fractures occurring about osteoarthritic joints. In both cases altered mechanical factors with increased stress apparently led to bony infraction. As there is a natural tendency to ascribe the patient's clinical manifestations to the joint process itself, it is mandatory that scrutiny of the radiographs be accomplished so that subtle stress fractures are detected.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D013314:Stress, Mechanical