Unusual Stress Fracture in an Athlete

Persistent pain in the superior portion of the right sacroiliac joint developed in a male hurdler with a long history of intermittent low back pain. Clinical examination localized the origin of the pain to the upper right sacroiliac joint. The pain was unrelieved by rest or medication. Planar and SP...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1999-04, Vol.24 (4), p.280-281
Main Authors: STEWART, IAIN E. T, FALLON, KEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Exostoses - diagnostic imaging
Fractures, Stress - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine
Joint Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Osteosclerosis - diagnostic imaging
Sacroiliac Joint - diagnostic imaging
Sacroiliac Joint - injuries
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Track and Field - injuries
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:Persistent pain in the superior portion of the right sacroiliac joint developed in a male hurdler with a long history of intermittent low back pain. Clinical examination localized the origin of the pain to the upper right sacroiliac joint. The pain was unrelieved by rest or medication. Planar and SPECT bone scans showed localized increased tracer activity at the superior portion of the right sacroiliac joint. A pelvic CT done the next day showed bilateral osteophytic spurs and subchondral sclerosis at the sacroiliac joints. An osteophyte at the right superior sacroiliac joint had fractured.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199904000-00017