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Case Reports in Radiology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 162064, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/162064
Case Report

Haemothorax and Thoracic Spine Fractures in the Elderly

Michael A. Masteller,1 Aakash Chauhan,2 Harsha Musunuru,3,4 Mark M. Walsh,1,3 Bryan Boyer,4 and Joseph A. Prahlow1,5

1Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, IN 46556, USA
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
3Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial Hospital of South Bend, South Bend, IN 46601, USA
4Memorial Hospital of South Bend, South Bend, IN 46601, USA
5South Bend Medical Foundation, South Bend, IN 46601, USA

Received 19 June 2012; Accepted 12 July 2012

Academic Editors: K. N. Fountas, A. Hiwatashi, A. Komemushi, and L. Lampmann

Copyright © 2012 Michael A. Masteller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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