Sports Injuries
A 13-year-old right-handed baseball pitcher presents with 6 weeks of progressive right shoulder pain. The pain is worse during throwing, particularly in the late cocking and acceleration phases. He pitches for multiple teams and has been playing year-round. Examination reveals tenderness over the lateral proximal humerus. Regarding Little League shoulder:
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Little League shoulder is a stress injury to the proximal humeral physis caused by repetitive rotati...
Risk factors include excessive pitch counts, year-round play without rest, pitching while fatigued, ...
Radiographic diagnosis requires bilateral comparison views showing complete physeal separation with ...
Radiographic findings include widening of the proximal humeral physis compared to the contralateral ...
MRI findings include physeal widening with edema signal, metaphyseal edema, and periosteal reaction;...
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