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Case Reports
Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient.
- Santosh Venkatachalam and Paul Dixon.
- Department of Orthopaedics, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UK. santakshi@gmail.com
- J Orthop Traumatol. 2011 Jun 1; 12 (2): 119-22.
AbstractBilateral ulna stress fractures are extremely rare. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have osteopenic bone secondary to a variety of causes. We report a case of bilateral stress fractures of the ulna in an elderly patient with rheumatoid arthritis, and literature on this condition is reviewed. Prompt recognition and activity modification are essential to treat this rare injury. Recovery can take up to 12 weeks.
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