J Korean Orthop Assoc.  2016 Oct;51(5):437-442. 10.4055/jkoa.2016.51.5.437.

Proximal Tibia Stress Fracture Caused by Primary Degenerative Knee Osteoarthritis with Varus Deformity

• Lee JM
• Kwon YW

• KMID: 2355510
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.2016.51.5.437

Abstract

Stress fractures of the tibia are relatively common in military and young people. However, stress fracture of the proximal tibia is rare in elderly patients, but has been reported in association with osteoporosis, Paget disease, rheumatoid arthritis, pyrophosphate arthropathy, and knee deformities. We experienced a 65-year-old patient who did not have a chronic disease, with a stress fracture with primary degenerative knee osteoarthritis with varus deformity, which occurred at the proximal tibia, and we report on this unusual case with a literature review.

Keyword

stress fractures; proximal tibia; osteoarthritis; varus deformity

MeSH Terms

Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Chronic Disease
Congenital Abnormalities*
Fractures, Stress*
Humans
Knee*
Military Personnel
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, Knee*
Osteoporosis
Tibia*

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