L1 burst fracture

Case contributed by Andrew Dixon
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fall from a height.

Patient Data

Age: 25
Gender: Female

Lumbar Spine X-ray

x-ray

L1 burst fracture. There is greater loss of vertebral body height on the right than the left leading to mild focal scoliosis. 

Lumbar Spine CT

ct

Burst fracture at L1 with mild retropulsion of the posterior vertebral body margin into the canal. 

Case Discussion

Typical appearance of an L1 burst type vertebral body fracture with mild retropulsion of the posterior vertebral body margin. This fracture is the result of axial loading.   

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