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Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report
Stress fractures are overuse injuries of the bone characterized by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of the fracture line with bone marrow edema. Clinical findings are tenderness and persistent pain. It is usually related to repetitive stresses. A 25-year-old woman was admitted with bilater...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8343162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34396078 http://dx.doi.org/10.5606/tftrd.2021.4947 |
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author | Hindioğlu, Nurbanu Uçar, Demet Sezgin Özcan, Didem Örmeci, Tuğrul |
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description | Stress fractures are overuse injuries of the bone characterized by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of the fracture line with bone marrow edema. Clinical findings are tenderness and persistent pain. It is usually related to repetitive stresses. A 25-year-old woman was admitted with bilateral severe knee pain. She was in the postpartum period and the complaints started three days after the beginning of 2-h daily walk. The initial plain radiograph showed no abnormality, while MRI demonstrated bilateral incomplete fracture line at the proximal tibia. The patient had accompanying vitamin D deficiency and osteopenia, diagnosed with pregnancy-related osteopenia and stress fracture of bilateral proximal tibia. We advised cessation of weight bearing, resting, and supplementation of calcium and vitamin D. This report highlights that, in the postpartum period, persistent pain may indicate bone lesions such as stress fractures, particularly developing shortly after a vigorous physical activity. Detailed physical examination and further investigations are necessary to detect these fractures and risk factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-83431622021-08-13 Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report Hindioğlu, Nurbanu Uçar, Demet Sezgin Özcan, Didem Örmeci, Tuğrul Turk J Phys Med Rehabil Case Report Stress fractures are overuse injuries of the bone characterized by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of the fracture line with bone marrow edema. Clinical findings are tenderness and persistent pain. It is usually related to repetitive stresses. A 25-year-old woman was admitted with bilateral severe knee pain. She was in the postpartum period and the complaints started three days after the beginning of 2-h daily walk. The initial plain radiograph showed no abnormality, while MRI demonstrated bilateral incomplete fracture line at the proximal tibia. The patient had accompanying vitamin D deficiency and osteopenia, diagnosed with pregnancy-related osteopenia and stress fracture of bilateral proximal tibia. We advised cessation of weight bearing, resting, and supplementation of calcium and vitamin D. This report highlights that, in the postpartum period, persistent pain may indicate bone lesions such as stress fractures, particularly developing shortly after a vigorous physical activity. Detailed physical examination and further investigations are necessary to detect these fractures and risk factors. Bayçınar Medical Publishing 2021-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8343162/ /pubmed/34396078 http://dx.doi.org/10.5606/tftrd.2021.4947 Text en Copyright © 2021, Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Hindioğlu, Nurbanu Uçar, Demet Sezgin Özcan, Didem Örmeci, Tuğrul Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report |
title | Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report |
title_full | Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report |
title_fullStr | Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report |
title_short | Postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: A case report |
title_sort | postpartum stress fracture of bilateral tibia: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8343162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34396078 http://dx.doi.org/10.5606/tftrd.2021.4947 |
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