Abstract
Two cases of unusual cough related stress injuries of the ribs are described. Both were detected on a 2 h delay bone scan. To our knowledge, cough stress injuries have been not previously described scintigraphically.
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Oren, V., Kozenitzky, I., Babiacki, A. et al. Unusual cough related stress injuries. Eur J Nucl Med 14, 108–111 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00253451
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00253451