MRI Monitoring of Tarsal Navicular Stress Fracture Healing A Case Report

MAMORU ARIYOSHI; KENSEI NAGATA; MANABU KUBO; KYOSUKE SONODA; YASUTO YAMADA; HIDETOSHI AKASHI; SHINJI SATO; HIRONOBU SO; HIDEHIRO SATO; TETSUO IMAMURA; TOMOHISA SHIMOKOBE; AKIO INOUE

doi:10.2739/kurumemedj.45.223

MRI Monitoring of Tarsal Navicular Stress Fracture Healing

A Case Report

MAMORU ARIYOSHI, KENSEI NAGATA, MANABU KUBO, KYOSUKE SONODA, YASUTO YAMADA, HIDETOSHI AKASHI, SHINJI SATO, HIRONOBU SO, HIDEHIRO SATO, TETSUO IMAMURA, TOMOHISA SHIMOKOBE, AKIO INOUE

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MAMORU ARIYOSHI
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine
KENSEI NAGATA
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine
MANABU KUBO
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine
KYOSUKE SONODA
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine
YASUTO YAMADA
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine
HIDETOSHI AKASHI
Department of Surgery, Kyoritsu Hospital
SHINJI SATO
Department of Surgery, Kyoritsu Hospital
HIRONOBU SO
Department of Surgery, Kyoritsu Hospital
HIDEHIRO SATO
Department of Surgery, Kyoritsu Hospital
TETSUO IMAMURA
Department of Surgery, Kyoritsu Hospital
TOMOHISA SHIMOKOBE
Department of Surgery, Kyoritsu Hospital
AKIO INOUE
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine

Keywords: stress fracture, tarsal navicular, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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1998 Volume 45 Issue 2 Pages 223-225

DOI https://doi.org/10.2739/kurumemedj.45.223

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Abstract

Stress fractures of the tarsal navicular bone are rare injury and assessing its healing is difficult. Tenderness over the tarsal navicular on physical examination is the most reliable sign for assessing fracture healing. However, it is desirable to assess fracture healing with some imaging method. We used serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess healing in a patient with a tarsal navicular stress fracture. MRI was useful for the assessment of fracture healing of tarsal navicular stress fracture in our case.

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