Isolated Periosteal Avulsion Fracture of the Teres Major in a Rugby Player | Zendy

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Isolated Periosteal Avulsion Fracture of the Teres Major in a Rugby Player

Author(s) -

Julie Desimpel,

Filip Vanhoenacker

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of the belgian society of radiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232

H-Index - 24

ISSN - 2514-8281

DOI - 10.5334/jbsr.1608

Subject(s) - medicine , avulsion , avulsion fracture , tendon , ossification , lesion , radiography , anatomy , ossification center , surgery , radiology

We describe a case of an isolated periosteal avulsion fracture of the teres major tendon. A 29-year-old rugby player presented following a direct hit with his opponent followed by a fall on the ground. Clinical examination showed a limited and painful abduction of his left arm. MR-arthrography showed no capsulolabral lesions but revealed an extra-articular lesion at the origin of the teres major tendon. Follow-up radiography and CT showed progressive ossification of the lesion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a distal avulsion fracture of the teres major tendon reported in the imaging literature.

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