3. Differential Diagnosis:
3. Differential Diagnosis:
Fracture
- Traumatic
- Insufficiency stress fracture
-elderly patient with osteoporosis
-no history of trauma
- Fatigue stress fractures
-usually athletes/soldiers
-caused by abnormal muscular stress on bone
Infection
- Hematogenous spread
- Clinically with usually unilateral symptoms
- Predisposing history