Stress fracture of the second metacarpal bone.
Stress fractures are usually encountered in athletes; however, only eight such cases involving the metacarpal bones have been reported in the English literature. We report on the rare case of a 15-year-old female tennis player with a stress fracture of the second metacarpal bone.
Bespalchuk
Andrey
A
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, 010-8543 Akita, Japan.
Okada
Kyoji
K
Nishida
Jun
J
Takahashi
Shu
S
Shimada
Yoichi
Y
Itoi
Eiji
E
D000293:Adolescent; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D013715:Tennis / Q000293:injuries*