Occupational stress fracture in an unusual location: report of a case in the distal end of the shaft of the radius.
A 47-year-old man suffered sudden pain in his right forearm after stapling papers continuously for 3 to 4 hours a day for 3 consecutive weeks. Clinical and roentgenologic investigations revealed a tender local periosteal reaction in the distal end of the radius suggestive of a stress fracture. Follow-up investigation observations 6 years after the injury showed no unusual abnormality. To the best of our knowledge, a case of stress fracture of the distal end of the radius has not been previously reported.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical