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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 89-B, Issue 1 | Pages 109 - 111
1 Jan 2007
James SH Carpenter EC Fairclough JA

We present an unusual cause of anterior tibial pain in a 24-year-old professional international football player who was found to have a synostosis of the middle-third of the diaphysis of the tibia and fibula.

This is a rarely described phenomenon. Conservative treatment is the recommended treatment of choice, but this failed in our patient. Resection produced resolution of symptoms; he remained symptom-free three years later.