Surely a March fracture if not a march fracture. :-)
Senior Lurker
At 04:30 PM 3/16/98 EST, you wrote:
>I saw a girl aged 16 yesterday. She had slept awkwardly during the evening
>with her right foot underneath her (???). She went to bed later but couldnt
>walk the next day. When I saw her she had diffuse bruising around the anterior
>ankle and I told her it was a sprain secondary to the position she adopted. As
>I was describing the problem I happened to touch the base of her fifth
>metatarsal at which point she nearly walloped me. I decided to send her for an
>x-ray which showed a # of the 5th MT.
>
>There was no history of trauma.
>
>Has anybody else had similar experiences? Is there any need for me to
>investigate her further bearing in mind that she is fit and healthy, not a
>great sportswoman (hence unlikely to be March # and in any case not in the
>typical position) and under the # clinic?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>Mark Clayson
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