Medial Malleolar Stress Fracture in Athlete.
- Author:
Dong Ik SONG
1
;
Soon Hyuck LEE
;
Woong Kyo CHUNG
;
Dae Hee LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. soonlee@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ankle;
Medial malleolus;
Athletic injury;
Stress fracture
- MeSH:
Animals;
Ankle;
Athletes;
Athletic Injuries;
Femur;
Fractures, Stress;
Humans;
Metatarsal Bones;
Tibia
- From:The Korean Journal of Sports Medicine
2010;28(1):68-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The stress fracture is a disease which results from the repeated application of an abnormal stress to the normal bone, typically occurs in metatarsal bone, tibia, fibular and femur, but medial malleolus is rare. We report a case of stress fracture of medial malleolus in 22-year old wrestler.
