title: Insufficiency fractures of the sternum: a consequence of thoracic kyphosis?
abstract: Osteoporosis often leads to thoracic compression fractures and progressive thoracic kyphosis. The kyphosis creates a deforming stress on the sternum that may eventuate in an insufficiency-type stress fracture. The findings in four women with osteoporosis, thoracic kyphosis, and insufficiency fractures of the sternum are reported.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors: K L
authors: KL
authors: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging