title: Spontaneous healing of an avulsed ischial tuberosity in a young football player. A case report.
abstract: There is a paucity of orthopaedic literature describing avulsion of the ischial tuberosity, but its spontaneous healing does not seem to have been reported to-date. This article describes the case of a young football player who suffered an avulsion fracture of the ischial tuberosity while kicking vigorously next to the ball during a football match. The diagnosis was not made at the time of trauma, and the fracture was found five years later to have healed spontaneously. A review of the literature is provided.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic and Trauma Department, Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Civil Hospital of Iseo, Brescia, Italy. andrea@orthopaedics.com
authors.forename: Andrea Emilio
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: Giovanni Pietro
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Metelli
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Donini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007512:Ischium / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*