Longitudinal tibial stress fractures.
The tibia is a fairly common site for stress fractures of both the fatigue and insufficiency types. The majority are transverse or, less frequently, oblique. The present report outlines four cases of vertical stress fractures, an orientation that is very uncommon and leads to bone scan findings which can be misleading.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate