title: Plantar ganglion cyst associated with stress fracture of the third metatarsal.
abstract: Ganglion cysts of the foot and ankle occur relatively infrequently. Metatarsal stress fractures occur in a variety of athletes who subject their lower extremities to repetitive loading. In this article, we report the case of a professional football player with a plantar forefoot ganglion cyst associated with a stress fracture of the third metatarsal. After the cyst resolved with aspiration, the stress fracture healed with conservative, nonsurgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bergfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005528:Foot; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*