title: Fresh stress fractures of lumbar pedicles in an adolescent male ballet dancer: case report and literature review.
abstract: Stress fracture in the pars interarticularis is a common cause of low back pain in young athletes. Pedicle stress fractures have also been reported in adolescent sport players, and most of them were associated with contralateral spondylolysis. Only a few cases with bilateral pedicle stress fractures have been reported. We report a 14-year-old ballet dancer with fresh bilateral pedicle fractures treated conservatively, together with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amari
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sairyo
authors.forename: Kosaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higashino
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: Natsuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003615:Dancing / Q000293:injuries*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*