Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Detect a Displaced Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 27-year-old man presented to an outpatient physical therapy clinic with left lateral foot pain after playing lacrosse 1 day prior. Ultrasound imaging was performed immediately by the physical therapist, focusing on the fifth metatarsal distal shaft. Images obtained with a 13- to 6-MHz linear transducer demonstrated cortical bone disruption. The patient's primary care physician subsequently ordered radiographs, which demonstrated an obliquely oriented fracture through the shaft of the fifth metatarsal. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2018;48(11):903. doi:10.2519/jospt.2018.7884.
Medical subject headings
- Fractures, Bone
- Metatarsal Bones
- Racquet Sports
Anatomy
- foot