Patient Data
Age: Adult
From the case:
Stress fracture - tibia
Frontal

Ill-defined linear area of sclerosis at the distal tibial metaphysis.
From the case:
Stress fracture - tibia
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Axial STIR

MRI clearly demonstrates marrow edema at distal tiba with linear hypointense incomplete fracture line through it. This finding is pathognomonic of stress fracture.