Radiographically Occult and Subtle Fractures: A Pictorial Review
Figure 7
Fatigue fracture of the talus in a 25-year-old male basketball player with right hind foot and ankle pain, without history of trauma, and a normal initial radiograph (not shown). (a) One-month followup lateral radiograph shows normal appearance. (b) Sagittal T1-weighted MRI shows an irregular fracture line (arrow) within an ill-defined area of hypointensity corresponding to bone marrow edema.
