title: Stress fracture of the second metacarpal bone in a badminton player.
abstract: We present a rare case of stress fracture of the second metacarpal bone. A 14-year-old girl felt pain on the dorsal aspect of the right wrist without any history of major trauma, when she played a smash during a game of badminton. On the radiographs, periosteal reaction was detected on the ulnar aspect of the base of the second metacarpal bone. She was treated conservatively and she returned to the original activity level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Takatsuki Hospital, 1-3-13 Kosobe, Takatsuki, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Harunobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uemoto
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiranaka
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurosaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015865:Racquet Sports; D011859:Radiography