title: [A man with a painful sternum].
abstract: We present a case of a 81-year-old man with blunt chest trauma after a car accident. Trauma screening at the emergency department showed multiple rib fractures and a fractured sternum. We made the diagnosis floating sternum. Cardiac contusion may occur after chest-wall trauma, but was not present in this case.
authors.affiliation: St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg.
authors.forename: Marloes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dekkers
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brouwers
authors.forename: Anne M F
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rutten
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating