O'Neill Barry J, Sweeney Laura A, Moroney Paul J, Mulhall Kevin J
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Ireland.
Foot Ankle Spec. 2014 Apr;7(2):155-8. doi: 10.1177/1938640014521832. Epub 2014 Feb 11.
Antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic erythematosus have been associated with metatarsal stress fractures. Stress fractures of the Lisfranc joint complex are uncommon injuries but have been reported to occur most frequently in ballet dancers. We present a case of an avulsion fracture of the Lisfranc joint complex that occurred spontaneously. We have reviewed the association between systemic conditions and metatarsal fractures and proposed a series of hypothetical pathological events that may have contributed to this unusual injury.
