TY - JOUR PY - 1997// TI - Stress fracture of the sternum: an unusual injury? JO - Injury A1 - Hill, P. F. A1 - Chatterji, S. A1 - deMello, W. F. A1 - Gibbons, J. R. SP - 359 EP - 361 VL - 28 IS - 5-6 N2 - Stress fracture of the sternum is a rare condition which presents as acute anterior chest pain after repetitive upper-body exercise. Two case reports are presented and it is postulated that this is an often underdiagnosed condition which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain in the athlete. Awareness of the injury together with meticulous clinical examination supported by good quality radiographs or isotope bone scan may lead to an increase in the diagnosis of this injury.
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