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Lateral radiographs of right and left tibiae and fibulae showing symmetrical Looser zones with evidence of healing on the right.
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Radiographs of his tibiae demonstrated symmetrical bilateral areas of abnormality along the posterior cortex with a lucent line consistent with a stress fracture on the left and cortical thickening consistent with a healed stress fracture of the right (Fig. 1).
Radiographs of both feet showing healing right third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal fractures, as well as left second and fourth metatarsal fractures.
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Radiographs of his feet showed healed stress fractures of third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal shafts on the right side, and fractures of second and fourth metatarsals on the left (Fig. 2).
DXA image of left femur demonstrating incomplete subtrochanteric stress fracture.
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Coincidentally, the DXA image of the hip suggested an incomplete fracture on the medial aspect of the left femur just below the lesser trochanter (Fig. 3).
Single-energy image of left femur using DXA machine demonstrating Looser zone.
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This confirmed the presence of an incomplete fracture (Fig. 4).