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CTMusculoskeletalConfirmedFRCR 2B
Burst fracture
Clinical Presentation
Fall from a height. Pain over L4 region. Fracture?
- 1CT LUMBAR SPINEFracture of the L3 vertebral body with 8mm of fragment retropulsion into the spinal canal.Spinal canal 5mm at this level vis-s-vis 15mm at the normal levels
- 2Oblique fracture extending into the right side of the L3 spinous processTwenty percent loss of vertebral body height
- 3No involvement of the posterior elements.The remainder of the vertebra are normal.