Asian Spine J.  2014 Dec;8(6):852-855. 10.4184/asj.2014.8.6.852.

Eleven Levels of Spinous Process Fractures in Thoracolumbar Spine

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  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. yjchi83@eulji.ac.kr

Abstract

Cases of over 5-level spinous process fractures are extremely rare. Thoracolumbar region of spine is superimposed on ribs; and as such additional studies such as computerized tomography are needed to diagnose fractures in this region. We report a case of 11 contiguous level thoracolumbar spinous process fractures, which has been treated conservatively.

Keyword

Multilevel spinous process fractures; Thoracolumbar spine

MeSH Terms

Ribs
Spine*
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