Unusual Tibial Stress Fracture in a Basketball Player.

Selesnick, H · Phys Sportsmed · 1990

case_report · Level V

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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.

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