title: Bilateral patellar fractures from indirect trauma. A case report.
abstract: Bilateral simultaneous fractures of the patella occurred in a 17-year-old basketball player. This rare occurrence is, for the first time, linked to apparent stress reactions in each patella.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012598:Sclerosis