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- Title
Acute traumatic tear of latissimus dorsi muscle in an elite track athlete.
- Authors
Mesut Çelebi, Mehmet; Ergen, Emin; Üstüner, Evren
- Abstract
Soft tissue injuries constitute 30-50% of all sports related injuries; however, injury to the latissimus dorsi muscle is quite rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. Herein, we describe an acute traumatic tear of the latissimus dorsi muscle in an elite track athlete, which has not been reported in the track and field sports before. The injury was caused by forceful resisted arm adduction that took place at hurdling and starting from the block. A pseudotumor appearance in the axillary region was misdiagnosed as a mass. The diagnosis was made by ultrasound alone and the patient was managed conservatively.
- Subjects
LATISSIMUS dorsi (Muscles); SPORTS injuries; ADDUCTION; DISEASE management; TRACK &; field athletes; ELITE athletes; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Clinics & Practice, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 2, p37
- ISSN
2039-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/cp.2013.e15