Insufficiency fracture of the sternum simulating myocardial infarction: Case report and review of the literature

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Horikawa, Akira ^a   Miyakoshi, Naohisa ^b   Kodama, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^b  

^a South Akita Orthopedic Clinic   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insufficiency fracture; Myocardial infarction; Osteoporosis; Sternum

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCITONIN; COLECALCIFEROL;

AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; BRACE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SIMULATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; STERNUM; STRESS FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33846098243     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.211.89     Document Type: Article

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