title: Post-traumatic osteochondritis of the lateral sesamoid in active adolescents.
abstract: Many authors believe that osteochondritis occurs more frequently in the medial sesamoid than in the lateral. The authors of this paper discuss three cases of fibular sesamoid fracture in adolescents that they believe have progressed secondarily to osteochondritis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000209:etiology*; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000293:injuries*