title: Stress fracture of the olecranon in an adult baseball player.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakaji
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Juichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Katsumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshiya
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurosaka
mesh_terms: 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