A case of sternal insufficiency fracture.
- Author:
Jun Ki MIN
1
;
Hyun Jung JOO
;
Tae Ho KIM
;
Jin Hong YOO
;
Mi Sook SUNG
;
Chul Soo CHO
;
Ho Youn KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Holy Family Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Insufficiency fracture, sternum, osteoporosis;
COPD
- MeSH:
Aged;
Case Report;
Female;
Fractures, Spontaneous/radiography;
Fractures, Spontaneous/diagnosis*;
Fractures, Spontaneous/complications;
Human;
Kyphosis/complications;
Lung Diseases, Obstructive/complications;
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/complications;
Sternum/radiography;
Sternum/injuries*
- From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
1999;14(2):94-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of insufficiency fracture of the sternum in a 70-year-old female patient with a review of the literature. She complained of sudden onset chest pain and aggravating dyspnea. She has been managed with corticosteroid due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for 15 years. Diagnosis of sternal insufficiency fracture presented with thoracic kyphosis was made on the basis of absence of trauma history, radiologic findings of lateral chest radiograph, bone scintigraphy and chest computed tomography. Thoracic kyphosis and osteoporosis secondary to menopause, corticosteroid therapy and limited mobility due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were considered as predisposing factors of the sternal insufficiency fracture in this patient.
