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Bone Scanning in the Adductor Insertion Avulsion Syndrome ("Thigh Splints")

Division of Nuclear Medicine and Department of Anatomy, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA
Nuclear Medicine Service, Walson Army Hospital Fort Dix, New Jersey

Correspondence: For reprints contact: N. David Charkes, MD, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140.

ABSTRACT

Shin splints is a defined clinical entity resulting from extreme tension on muscles inserting on the tibia, resulting in periosteal elevation which is detectable by bone scanning. The clinical equivalent in the thigh has been described. We found scintigraphic changes in the femurs of seven short, female, basic trainees at the Fort Dix Army base, most of whom were referred for stress fractures elsewhere in the lower extremities. The scan findings were generally noted in the upper or mid femurs, always involved the anteromedial cortex, and were bilateral in five of the seven subjects. The abnormalities were linear and suggested periosteal elevation, and did not have the typical appearance of stress fracture. Since the findings correspond to the insertion of one or more adductor muscle groups, the descriptive term "adductor insertion avulsion syndrome" or "thigh splints" is proposed for this entity.

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