Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player

S. H. James; E. C. Carpenter; J. A. Fairclough

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

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Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player

S. H. James
E. C. Carpenter
J. A. Fairclough

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Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player

James SH, Carpenter EC, Fairclough JA. Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007;89-B(1):109-111. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

James, S. H., et al. “Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, vol. 89-B, no. 1, 2007, pp. 109-111., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

James, S. H., Carpenter, E. C., & Fairclough, J. A. (2007). Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 89-B(1), 109-111. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

James, S. H., Carpenter, E. C. and Fairclough, J. A. (2007) “Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 89-B(1), pp. 109-111. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

James, S. H., E. C. Carpenter, and J. A. Fairclough. “Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume 89-B, no. 1 (2007): 109-111. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

James SH, Carpenter EC, Fairclough JA. Tibiofibular synostosis in a professional football player. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 Jan 1;89-B(1):109-111. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

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Abstract

We present an unusual cause of anterior tibial pain in a 24-year-old professional international football player who was found to have a synostosis of the middle-third of the diaphysis of the tibia and fibula.

This is a rarely described phenomenon. Conservative treatment is the recommended treatment of choice, but this failed in our patient. Resection produced resolution of symptoms; he remained symptom-free three years later.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr E. C. Carpenter at 13 Kimberley Road, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 5DH, UK; e-mail: carpie@doctors.org.uk

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