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Stress Fracture XRay
Aka: Stress Fracture XRay
- See Also
- Stress Fracture
- Stress Fracture CT
- Stress Fracture MRI
- Stress Fracture Bone Scan
- Epidemiology: Test Sensitivity
- Early exams: 15%
- After 3 weeks: 30-70%
- Advantages
- Low cost
- Universal availability
- Low radiation exposure
- Disadvantages
- Poor initial Test Sensitivity
- Signs
- Cortical Bone
- Faint intracortical radiolucent striations
- Endosteal or periosteal thickening or sclerosis
- True Fracture line ("Dreaded Black Line")
- Cancellous bone
- Difficult to detect
- Subtle blurring of landmarks
- Trabecular margins
- Sclerotic bands
- Course
- Weeks to months to reveal bone remodeling