title: Acute fractures of medial and lateral great toe sesamoids in an athlete.
abstract: We report a case of acute fracture of both sesamoids of the great toe in an athlete. The fractures healed uneventfully after non-surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, elyazid.mouhsine@hosr.hospvd.ch
authors.forename: Elyazid
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mouhsine
authors.forename: Pierre François
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Leyvraz
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Borens
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ribordy
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arlettaz
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garofalo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008683:Metatarsophalangeal Joint / Q000293:injuries*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000293:injuries; D014034:Toes