title: Sequential bilateral lesser trochanter avulsion fractures in an adolescent patient.
abstract: We report the rare case of a 15-year-old boy who sustained sequential bilateral lesser trochanter avulsion fractures over a 6-month period while playing football. No malignancy or associated metabolic bone disease was found. He subsequently made a full recovery with non-operative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals, Peterborough, UK.
authors.forename: Nnamdi Jonathan
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Obi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Leicester University, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allman
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Leicester University, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moore-Thompson
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals, Peterborough, UK Department of Orthopaedics, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Mark David
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1515-1392
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Latimer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries*