Citation

Webber BJ, Trueblood WE, Tchandja JN, Federinko SP, Cropper TL. Mil. Med. 2015; 180(1): e134-7.

Affiliation

Trainee Health Surveillance, U.S. Air Force, 559 MDOS, 1515 Truemper Street Building 6612, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States)

DOI

10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00289

PMID

25562871

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stress fractures are overuse injuries that historically afflict a large number of military recruits, likely because of the sudden increase of high-intensity activity, such as running and marching. CASE: A 23-year-old male U.S. Air Force recruit presented with hip pain during his second week of basic training and was diagnosed with bilateral femoral neck stress fractures, grade 4 on the right and grade 3 on the left. This is the first known case of concurrent bilateral femoral neck stress fractures in a U.S. military recruit reported in the medical literature.

CONCLUSION: This report describes a severe case of stress fracture in an individual with no readily identifiable risk factors.

Language: en