Recurrent fracture of the humerus in a softball player

Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 1999 Nov;28(11):654-6.

Abstract

Fracture of a normal humerus can occur during the act of throwing an object. We present the case of a young woman who sustained a spiral fracture of the distal humeral shaft with concomitant radial nerve palsy while throwing a softball and who, after clinical and radiographic evidence of bony healing, suffered a repeat humerus fracture, also while throwing a softball.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Baseball / injuries*
  • Bone Density
  • Female
  • Fractures, Comminuted / complications
  • Fractures, Comminuted / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Humeral Fractures / complications
  • Humeral Fractures / diagnostic imaging*
  • Paralysis / complications
  • Radial Nerve / injuries
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence