Risk of Aortic Rupture by Displaced Vertebral Bone Fragment Following Spinal Trauma: A Case Report with Review of the Literature

Abstract

Spinal injuries represent a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency that interest especially the young and active population, they present a great risk of instability and neurological disorders involving the vital and functional prognosis, we present a case of a patient aged 30 years, admitted to the emergency room for trauma of the dorsolumbar spine, the CT scan of the spine objective an unusual displacement of a sharp fragment of the vertebral body L1 putting at risk the abdominal aorta under renal.