A RARE PRESENTATION OF A CONCOMITANT LUMBAR SPINE BURST FRACTURE WITH A DISTAL CORPUS STERNI FRACTURE DUE TO A FLEXION DISTRACTION INJURY
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Sternum fractures are a rare entity and occur either due to direct trauma or indirectly associated to a flexion compression injury. Earlier literatures used to describe the association of sternum fractures with upper thoracic vertebral fractures. To the best of our knowledge very few cases have been described in literature with concomitant lumbar vertebral fracture with associated sternum fracture. We hereby report a rare presentation of a flexion distraction injury leading to a concomitant sternum fracture with a L1 vertebral burst fracture.
Authors and Affiliations
Ravi Kumar TV| Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, M S Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, GadiDaksh| Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, M S Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Corresponding author email: dr_daksh@yahoo.com, Jain Vinay| Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, M S Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Rangaswamy BT| Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, M S Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- DOI 10.5958/2319-5886.2015.00082.X
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