A double fracture of three or more adjacent ribs resulting in instability in the chest wall describes a patient with
A) histoplasmosis.
B) pulmonary abscess.
C) flail chest.
D) Legionella infection.

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Direct trauma to the chest wall that fractures three or more adjacent ribs is the cause of flail chest. This trauma may be from direct compression by a heavy object, a motor vehicle accident (especially injury by the steering wheel), a hard fall onto a solid object, or an industrial accident.

A Double Fracture of Three or More Adjacent Ribs Resulting