Multidetector Computer Tomography: Evaluation of Blunt Chest Trauma in Adults

Figure 17

Thoracic vertebral fracture in a patient who suffered a car crash. Axial MDCT in bone window. A comminuted thoracic vertebral fracture is depicted with multiple fragments of the body and spinous processes of the third thoracic vertebra. Hemomediastinum, hemothorax, and pulmonary contusions are also associated.