"T2: may demonstrate areas of hyperintensity over the fracture site indicating bone oedema"
"Operative management may either be fragment excision or ORIF +/- external fixation / primary fusion."
"Displaced/intra-articular type I and II navicular body fractures typically require open reduction and internal fixation. ORIF is also indicated when avulsion fractures involve more than 25% of the articular surface or when tuberosity fractures have more than 5 mm of diastasis or have a large intra-articular fragment."
"May present with pain, swelling or haematoma directly over the mid-foot. Stress fractures in athletes and construction workers may present with vague pain and swelling over the mid-foot, which worsens with exercise. Patients generally have a normal range of motion and a normal neurovascular examination 1."
"Plain radiographs are the best initial test in a suspected navicular fracture. Their sensitivity for identifying navicular fracture is low; however, lateral and oblique radiographs provide the greatest chance of identifying a fracture. Rarely fractures of an accessory navicular bone (if present) are also possible and may be visible."
"Plain radiographs are the best initial test in a suspected navicular fracture. Their sensitivity for identifying navicular fracture is low; however, lateral and oblique radiographs provide the greatest chance of identifying a fracture. Rarely fractures of an accessory navicular bone (if present) are also possible and may be visible."
"It should be noted that MRI is more sensitive than CT; however, in identifying stress fractures 3."