Unusual Tibial Stress Fracture in a Basketball Player.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27447586.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1080/00913847.1990.11710136.
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Abstract
In brief Stress fractures of the proximal middle third of the tibia are common; those of the distal tibia are less common; and longitudinal stress fractures are rare. The basketball player in this case report had a rare longitudinal tibial pilon stress fracture, for which few diagnostic or treatment guidelines existed.
Anatomy
- tibia