Clinical nuclear medicine
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Clinical nuclear medicine · Aug 1994
Case ReportsBilateral fatigue fractures of the radial shaft in a gymnast.
A 24-year-old female gymnast had a 3-month history of bilateral forearm pain. A Tc-99m MDP bone scan demonstrated focally increased activity in the radial shafts on blood pool and delayed images, characteristic of fatigue fractures. ⋯ Upper extremity fatigue fractures, in contrast, are uncommon and usually involve the humerus or ulna. Fatigue fracture of the radial shaft from gymnastic exercise has not been previously reported.