title: Stress fracture of the scapula in a professional baseball pitcher: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of a 26-year-old, right-handed professional baseball pitcher who presented with gradually worsening right shoulder pain. Initial magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography demonstrated a stress fracture involving the posterior aspect of the scapula at the junction between the scapular neck and body. After a period of rest, follow-up magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography performed 3 1/2 weeks later demonstrated ongoing healing of the stress fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA. blevine@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Donald L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Resnick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017102:Fracture Healing; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed