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 5. Transverse T2-weighted fast spin-echo MR image (5400/99) obtained in a 26-year-old male professional basketball player with tibial pain of 3 weeks duration shows multiple parallel striations (arrows) in the anterior tibial cortex. Small resorption cavities are visible in the posterior cortex.

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

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