Image A: Clay shoveler’s fracture of C7. A clay shoveler’s fracture is an avulsion fracture of the spinous process of C7 or T1 which results from a sudden load on a flexed spine.
Image B: These are AP (left) and lateral (right) views of a patient with a fracture and dislocation of L3 as well as traumatic spondylolysis of L5.
Clay Shovelers Fracture