Stress fracture nonunion at the base of the second metatarsal in a ballet dancer: A case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1535-1537

  Muscolo, Luis ^a,b   Migues, Atilio ^a   Slullitel, Gaston ^a   Costa Paz, Matias ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Nonunion; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DANCING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143121041     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262174     Document Type: Article

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