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Son had severe ankle sprain, and still has pain. mri shows a pre stress fracture of talus bone with lesion on talus. what is pre stress fracture?

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Dr. Bernard Bach Jr
Dr. Bernard Bach Jranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 44 years experience
Inflammation.: The bone can be inflammed and may be on the brink of fracturing. You should be seeing an orthopedic foot/ankle specialist.
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Dr. Payam Rafat
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Dr. David Trettin
Dr. David Trettinanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 35 years experience
Difficult to say: The' severe' ankle sprain also resulted in an injury to the talus apparently .The 'lesion' to the talus may be separate from the stress injury to the bone , possibly a small 'chip' or osteochondral injury sustained at the time of the injury.This "pre- stress" injury sounds like a radiologic term for loss of bone density on MRI or a mild contusion.Check w/ your ors concerning signifigance. Gl!
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Dr. Payam Rafat
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Podiatry 24 years experience
MRI finding...: A pre-stress fracture is where a bone is starting to hurt but does not ever fully manifest on x-ray. Pre stress fracture syndrome requires a shorter duration of treatment.
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