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clay shoveler's fracture [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An avulsion type of fracture of a spinous process in the lower cervical or upper thoracic region (anywhere between C6 to T3, but especially C7). [From EISER, 1984, p. 326 and MESRO, 1984, vol. 3, p. 65.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture d'une apophyse épineuse de la région cervico-dorsale (le plus souvent celle de C7 ou de D1, plus rarement celle de C6 ou de D2).

OBS

source f : EMSQU, 31038, A10, 1987, p. 4.

Spanish

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