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Unusual presentation of a femoral stress fracture
Leandro Ejnisman1, Andre Wajnsztejn, Roberto Dantas Queiroz
1Department of Orthopaedics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
BMJ Case Reports
|January 4, 2013
Abstract:
Stress fractures are common injuries in sports medicine. Among these fractures, femoral neck stress fractures frequently have a benign course, especially when it happens in the medial aspect of the neck. This case report describes a stress fracture of the medial aspect of the femoral neck that developed a complete fracture and underwent surgical fixation.
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