CT and MR Imaging Findings in Athletes with Early Tibial Stress Injuries: Comparison with Bone Scintigraphy Findings and Emphasis on Cortical Abnormalities1

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Figure 7a. MR images obtained in an 18-year-old man with left tibial pain of 3 weeks duration. (a) Transverse 3-mm-thick T1-weighted fast spin-echo MR image (680/12) obtained at the level of the left midtibia shows hypointense bone marrow edema (*). (b) Transverse 3-mm-thick fast STIR MR image (3600/60/150) obtained at the same level shows bone marrow edema (*) and periosteal edema (arrow) along the anterior and medial cortex.

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  1. Radiology May 2005 vol. 235 no. 2 553-561

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