Stress fracture of the second metacarpal bone.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Stress fractures are usually encountered in athletes; however, only eight such cases involving the metacarpal bones have been reported in the English literature. We report on the rare case of a 15-year-old female tennis player with a stress fracture of the second metacarpal bone.
Medical subject headings
- Cumulative Trauma Disorders
- Fractures, Stress
- Metacarpus
- Tennis
Anatomy
- hand