Stress Fracture eMedicine Radiology

Description: Authors Sinha et al 2005
Contents - Introduction Differentials Radiograph CT Scan MRI Nuclear Medicine Angiography Intervention Pictures Bibliography
Background: Stress fractures refers to the failure of the skeleton to withstand submaximal forces over time.
Two entities of stress fracture have been defined. Fatigue fracture is classically described in military recruits and runners in which normal bone is exposed to repeated abnormal stresses. In insufficiency fracture, normal stress is applied to abnormal bone (eg, bone with osteoporosis or Paget disease).