title: Stress fracture of the anterior process of the calcaneus: a case report.
abstract: Stress fracture of the anterior process of the calcaneus is rare. We present a case of a 14-year-old female basketball player who suffered a stress fracture of the anterior process of the calcaneus that was not associated with a calcaneonavicular coalition. After conservative treatment failed, drilling of the fracture site was required to facilitate healing. A possible cause of this rare type of stress fracture seemed to be a long anterior process of the calcaneus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Therapeutic, Level IV: Case study.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (ST).
authors: Shuji
authors: S
authors: Taketomi
authors: Eiji
authors: E
authors: Uchiyama
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Iwaso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D017102:Fracture Healing; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: anterior process; calcaneus; stress fracture