Differentiation of anterior tibial stress fracture from osteoid osteoma.
The authors present a case in which skeletal scintigraphy helped them to differentiate an anterior tibial stress fracture from a possible osteoid osteoma. Important scintigraphic clues to the correct diagnosis included a linear rather than a round to oval configuration to the focus of intense uptake shown by pinhole imaging, absence of focally increased tracer localization on the angiographic and tissue phases, and a symmetrically positioned, less-conspicuous contralateral abnormality.
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Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed