Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Detect a Displaced Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal.

TitleMusculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Detect a Displaced Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsBoggs RG, Nitz AJ
JournalJ Orthop Sports Phys Ther
Volume48
Issue11
Pagination903
Date Published2018 11
ISSN1938-1344
KeywordsAdult, 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.

DOI10.2519/jospt.2018.7884
Alternate JournalJ Orthop Sports Phys Ther
PubMed ID30381022