The Segond fracture is a small vertical avulsion injury of the lateral aspect of the proximal tibia just distal to the plateau. It results from excessive internal rotation and varus stress.
The Cleveland Clinic defines an avulsion fracture as an injury when "a small piece of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone." Friday marked No. 2-ranked ...
Most of these patients will have sustained simple injury to ligamentous soft tissue or a small avulsion fracture of no clinical significance. A minority will have sustained more serious fractures, ...
The case of an avulsion fracture occurring in an 18 year old athlete after repeated running is presented. The fracture involved the tensor fascia lata muscle and the external oblique abdominal muscle.
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