What is the most likely diagnosis?
- 22 year-old with pain in calf after exercise
Delayed Images from Radionuclide Bone Scan
- Stress fracture
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
- "Shin Splints"
- Rickets
Additional Images - Flow images from same study
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Radionuclide Triple Phase Flow Images
Answer:
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4. "Shin Splints"
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"Shin Splints"
General Considerations
- Catch-all term used to describe almost any pain in tibia
- The most common cause of shin splints is medial tibial stress syndrome
- Seen in military personnel and amongst athletes
- Exercise induced pain and tenderness along posterior-medial border of tibia
- Usually seen in athletes who increase their training
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