Sternum insufficiency fracture presenting as acute chest pain: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-124

  Lin, Kuo Hung ^a   Ponampalam, R ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Insufficiency; Osteoporosis; Sternum

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STERNUM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM;

EID: 33746589521     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000206188.60415.69     Document Type: Article

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