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Case of the Week 566 
What is the most likely diagnosis?
- 47 year-old jumped from window
Sagittal CT Reconstruction of Lumbar Spine
- Chance Fracture
- Atherosclerosis of Aorta
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Transitional Vertebra
- Burst Fracture
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Answer:
5. Burst Fracture
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Burst Fracture
General Considerations
- Burst fractures result from axial loading most often secondary to motor vehicle accidents and falls
- The axial load drives the intervertebral disk into vertebral body below
- Usually produces a comminuted, vertical fracture through the vertebral body
- Fragments may be retropulsed into the spinal canal injuring the cord
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