title: Osteochondroma fracture at the distal medial femur.
abstract: The patient was a 27-year-old man currently serving in the military who was evaluated by a physical therapist in a direct-access mode of care for a chief complaint of worsening left distal medial thigh pain. Given the traumatic mechanism of injury, worsening symptoms, and the presence of a painful, firm mass in the left distal medial thigh region, the physical therapist ordered radiographs of the left femur, which demonstrated a fracture at the base of an 8.5-cm osteochondroma located at the distal medial femur.
authors.affiliation: Physical Therapy, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, GA.
authors.forename: Nathan E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Carow
authors.forename: Bradley L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kocher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013848:Thigh / Q000293:injuries