- Etiology: repetitive microtrauma to normal bone
- Radiograph: fracture represented by lucency, may see marked cortical thickening in area of injury
- MRI: periosteal + marrow edema, may show fracture line
- DDX: Ewing sarcoma – absence of extra osseous soft tissue mass favors stress fracture over Ewing sarcoma
Radiology Cases of Stress Fracture

