Title | Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Detect a Displaced Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Boggs RG, Nitz AJ |
Journal | J Orthop Sports Phys Ther |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 11 |
Pagination | 903 |
Date Published | 2018 11 |
ISSN | 1938-1344 |
Keywords | Adult, Fractures, Bone, Fractures, Closed, Humans, Male, Metatarsal Bones, Racquet Sports, Radiography, Ultrasonography |
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. |
DOI | 10.2519/jospt.2018.7884 |
Alternate Journal | J Orthop Sports Phys Ther |
PubMed ID | 30381022 |