Citation

Larson CM, Fischer DA. Am. J. Orthop. (Belle Mead NJ) 2003; 32(11): 559-561.

Affiliation

Minneapolis Sports Medicine Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. clars@med.unc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Quadrant Healthcom)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14653487

Abstract

When a blow to the sternum causes pain in a young athlete, the differential diagnosis can be complicated by persistence of an unfused growth center that does not normally fuse until age 18. We report a case of physeal injury in the sternum that was originally diagnosed as a stress fracture. The young football player in this case may have been predisposed to such an injury by abnormal synostosis of the sternomanubrial junction.

Keywords: American football

Language: en