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Etiology and Evaluation of Stress Fracture of the Heel

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Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/413845

Description: Medscape "Ask the Experts" Posted 2001
Question What are the possible etiologies of a stress fracture of the heel in a non-athletically competitive 50-year-old woman who has a negative DEXA scan for osteoporosis? Her bone scan was positive, the x-ray was negative. What is the best next step: CT or MRI?

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