Stress fracture of the olecranon in an adult baseball player.
Stress fractures of the olecranon caused by repetitive stress force have infrequently been reported as a cause of elbow pain in adult athletes, engaged in throwing and pitching sports. We diagnosed as a stress fracture of the olecranon by clinical and radiographic findings and treated surgically. The patient returned to playing baseball at a competitive level and was asymptomatic 4 months after the first operation. However, the patient re-injured the olecranon and a second surgical treatment was performed almost 1 year after the first operation. After the second surgery, the patient returned to playing baseball at a competitive level and was free from elbow symptoms. We presented a stress fracture of the olecranon in a semi-professional adult baseball player and suggested that surgical treatment is necessary.
Nakaji
Noriyoshi
N
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. hfujioka@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Fujioka
Hiroyuki
H
Tanaka
Juichi
J
Sugimoto
Katsumasa
K
Yoshiya
Shinichi
S
Fujita
Kenji
K
Kurosaka
Masahiro
M
D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries*; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000150:complications; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery