Scintigraphic detection of sequential symmetrical metatarsal stress fractures.
A patient with complaints of right foot pain and previous normal radiographs had an abnormal three-phase bone scan consistent with a second metatarsal stress fracture. Subsequent radiographs confirmed this diagnosis. Two months later, the patient developed pain in his left foot, and again initial radiographs were noncontributory. A later bone scan revealed a left second metatarsal stress fracture. The results in this case reemphasize the value of bone scintigraphy in patients with foot pain and no bone abnormalities on plain radiographs.
Patel
N H
NH
University of Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, USA.
Jacobson
A F
AF
Williams
J
J
D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging