Bilateral tibial stress fracture presenting as painful edemas in lower limbs

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 557-559

  Peris, Pilar ^a   Monegal, Ana ^a   Martínez, M'Angeles ^a   Guañabens, Nuria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fatigue fracture; Insufficiency fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIANDROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; STRESS FRACTURE; SYMPTOM; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EDEMA; LEG; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; EDEMA; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33750588844     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2005.11.023     Document Type: Article

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