Adult Tillaux-Chaput Tubercle Fracture with Volkmann Fracture during Tennis:A Case Report
10.5763/kjsm.2022.40.3.204
- Author:
Jeong-Seok YU
1
;
Kyu-Wan KIM
;
Chang-Yk LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:The Korean Journal of Sports Medicine
2022;40(3):204-208
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
An avulsion fracture of the anterolateral tibial epiphysis or Tillaux fracture is commonly seen in adolescents, reported first by Paul Jules Tillaux in 1892. Adolescent Tillaux fracture occurs during the period when the lateral physis is still open and the anterior-inferior tibiofibular ligament is stronger than the physis, so rarely occurs in adults. An avulsion fracture of the posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament, Volkmann fracture, occurs counterpart of Tillaux fracture. In this study, a tennis player injured during sliding and diagnosed as the rare simultaneous Tillaux-Chaput fracture and Volkmann fracture, is reported with the mechanism of injury, clinical importance of syndesmosis, sprain, and fracture of the ankle joint.
