Proximal Tibia Stress Fracture Caused by Primary Degenerative Knee Osteoarthritis with Varus Deformity.
10.4055/jkoa.2016.51.5.437
- Author:
Joong Myung LEE
1
;
Young Woo KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea. drjmlee@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
stress fractures;
proximal tibia;
osteoarthritis;
varus deformity
- MeSH:
Aged;
Arthritis, Rheumatoid;
Chronic Disease;
Congenital Abnormalities*;
Fractures, Stress*;
Humans;
Knee*;
Military Personnel;
Osteoarthritis;
Osteoarthritis, Knee*;
Osteoporosis;
Tibia*
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
2016;51(5):437-442
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
