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Review
. 2009 Jul;70(7):402-5.
doi: 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.7.43124.

Transient osteoporosis of the foot

Sajid S Shariff  1 , Davinder Ps Baghla, Callum Clark, Raman K Dega
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Review

Transient osteoporosis of the foot

Sajid S Shariff et al. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2009 Jul.

Abstract

Transient osteoporosis is a rare cause of pain in the foot. There is a broad differential diagnosis. A multidisciplinary assessment by both an orthopaedic surgeon and rheumatologist with review of the imaging by a radiologist is useful, as this condition is a diagnosis of exclusion.

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