Gazi Huri1, Justin M Dubin2, Kerem Ozgonen3, Defne Kaya4, Mahmut Nedim Doral4. 1. Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, 10753 Falls Road, Suite 215, Lutherville, MD 21093. E-mail address: gazihuri@hacettepe.edu.tr. 2. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854. 3. Department of Physiology, Division of Sport Physiology, Cukurova University, Balcali Street, 01330 Balcali, Adana, Turkey. 4. Department of Sport Medicine (D.K.) and Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (M.N.D.), Hacettepe University, Hacettepe Street, 06230 Ankara. Turkey.
Abstract
CASE: A sixteen-year-old professional soccer player presented with persistent pain in the right thigh of two years' duration and the inability to return to play. Evaluation revealed a chronic rupture of the rectus femoris muscle. Because physiotherapy and rehabilitation failed to help, a surgical repair was performed. He returned to his previous activity level within nine months after surgery. CONCLUSION: Rupture of the proximal part of the rectus femoris should be acknowledged in the differential diagnosis, especially when presenting with persistent pain in the anterior aspect of the thigh lasting more than one year. Delayed repair might be recognized as a reasonable option for chronic rupture of the proximal part of the rectus femoris.
CASE: A sixteen-year-old professional soccer player presented with persistent pain in the right thigh of two years' duration and the inability to return to play. Evaluation revealed a chronic rupture of the rectus femoris muscle. Because physiotherapy and rehabilitation failed to help, a surgical repair was performed. He returned to his previous activity level within nine months after surgery. CONCLUSION:Rupture of the proximal part of the rectus femoris should be acknowledged in the differential diagnosis, especially when presenting with persistent pain in the anterior aspect of the thigh lasting more than one year. Delayed repair might be recognized as a reasonable option for chronic rupture of the proximal part of the rectus femoris.