title: Avulsion Fracture and Myositis Ossificans in a Professional Teenage Dancer: A Case Report.
abstract: Fractures of the transverse processes in the lumbar vertebrae occur as the result of major forces such as direct blunt trauma, violent lateral flexion-extension forces, avulsion of the psoas muscle, or Malgaigne fractures of the pelvis. Dancers make repeated and forceful hyperextension and flexions of the spine, which may cause fractures of the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae. Repeated trauma of muscles in dancers may cause avulsion fractures and myositis ossificans. Herein, we report MRI and CT findings of an avulsion from the right transverse process of the L2 and L3 vertebrae in a 16-year-old professional teenage dancer, who responded to conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Cigli, Izmir, Turkey. Tel 0905054383290, fax 0903122912705. drozgurtosun@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: Muhabbet D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Koralp
authors.forename: Aliye
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.forename: Nail
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bulakbaşi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003615:Dancing / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome