title: Hamate hook stress fracture in a professional bowler: Case report of an unusual causal sport.
abstract: Stress fracture of the hook of the hamate is uncommon and is usually seen in sports involving a club, racquet or bat (i.e., golf, tennis or baseball). It is caused by direct blunt trauma. We report an unusual case of stress fracture with non-union in a 23-year-old professional bowler, probably caused by endogenous constraints, 1 year after the start of symptoms. Treatment consisted of surgical resection of the hook of the hamate. Multimodal imaging of this fracture is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Caen, Service de radiologie générale, avenue de la Côte-de-Nacre, 14003 Caen, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: How Kit
authors.affiliation: CHU de Caen, Service de chirurgie orthopédique, Inserm U1075 COMETE, avenue de la Côte-de-Nacre, 14003 Caen, France. Electronic address: malherbe-m@chu.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malherbe
authors.affiliation: CHU de Caen, Service de chirurgie orthopédique, Inserm U1075 COMETE, avenue de la Côte-de-Nacre, 14003 Caen, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hulet
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D051225:Hamate Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bowling; Fractures de stress; Hamulus de l’hamatum; Hook of the hamate; Sports; Stress fractures