Avulsion Fracture and Myositis Ossificans in a Professional Teenage Dancer: A Case Report

Med Probl Perform Art. 2015 Jun;30(2):111-4. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2015.2019.

Abstract

Fractures of the transverse processes in the lumbar vertebrae occur as the result of major forces such as direct blunt trauma, violent lateral flexion-extension forces, avulsion of the psoas muscle, or Malgaigne fractures of the pelvis. Dancers make repeated and forceful hyperextension and flexions of the spine, which may cause fractures of the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae. Repeated trauma of muscles in dancers may cause avulsion fractures and myositis ossificans. Herein, we report MRI and CT findings of an avulsion from the right transverse process of the L2 and L3 vertebrae in a 16-year-old professional teenage dancer, who responded to conservative treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Dancing / injuries*
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / injuries*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Myositis Ossificans / diagnostic imaging
  • Myositis Ossificans / etiology*
  • Myositis Ossificans / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Fractures / complications*
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Fractures / pathology
  • Spinal Fractures / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome