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Radiograph of both femurs showing stress fracture and lateral cortical thickening.
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Radiographs revealed lateral cortical thickening of the mid-diaphysis of both femurs (Figure 1).
Computed tomography reveals bilateral femoral stress fractures.
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Computed tomography scan confirmed a stress fracture (Figure 2).
Fracture left femur at the level of stress fracture site, immediate postoperative, and three months postoperative radiographs.
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Four days after consultation, she tripped and sustained a transverse fracture of the left femur and underwent uneventful femoral intramedullary nailing (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)). At four months postoperatively, the left femur fracture showed good radiological union (Figure 3(c)).