Citation

Hill PF, Chatterji S, deMello WF, Gibbons JR. Injury 1997; 28(5-6): 359-361.

Affiliation

Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9764232

Abstract

Stress fracture of the sternum is a rare condition which presents as acute anterior chest pain after repetitive upper-body exercise. Two case reports are presented and it is postulated that this is an often underdiagnosed condition which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain in the athlete. Awareness of the injury together with meticulous clinical examination supported by good quality radiographs or isotope bone scan may lead to an increase in the diagnosis of this injury.

Language: en