Stress fracture in the medial femoral condyle. A case report

Acta Orthop Scand. 1992 Oct;63(5):563-5. doi: 10.3109/17453679209154739.

Abstract

An 88-year-old woman complained of pain in the medial part of her knee for 5 weeks. Plain radiography was normal. Clinical and scintigraphic findings were suggestive of spontaneous osteonecrosis of the medial femoral condyle. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a stress fracture of the medial femoral condyle. In 3 weeks pain had disappeared, confirming this diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Calcitonin / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Femoral Fractures / complications
  • Femoral Fractures / diagnosis*
  • Femoral Fractures / therapy
  • Fractures, Stress / complications
  • Fractures, Stress / diagnosis*
  • Fractures, Stress / therapy
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / standards*
  • Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Pain / etiology*
  • Radiography / standards
  • Radionuclide Imaging

Substances

  • Calcitonin