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Unusual mechanism of Chance fracture in an adolescent
J F Knapp1, A P Harakas, R K Edwards
1Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Transverse fractures of the vertebral arch or Chance fractures are rare in children. The few cases described have been associated with lap-type seat belt use. The adolescent female reported sustained a transverse fracture of L2 from a fall. This is an unusual mechanism of injury producing a Chance-type fracture in an adolescent.