George Quentin Chance
Irish radiologist
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George Quentin Chance (born 1904) was an Irish radiologist. His note of 1948 titled "Note on a Type of Flexion Fracture of the Spine", published in the British Journal of Radiology described three cases of fractures across the vertebra and neural arch, the 'Chance fracture'.[1][2][3][4]
George Quentin Chance | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904 Dublin |
| Known for | Chance fracture |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Radiologist |
He was born into a medical family, the fifth son of the Irish surgeon Sir Arthur Chance; his mother was Sir Arthur's second wife Eileen Murphy.[5][6][7][8]
Selected publications
- Cullen, C H; Chance, G Q (1943). "Air arthrography in lesions of the semilunar cartilages". British Journal of Surgery. 30 (119): 241–245. doi:10.1002/bjs.18003011911. ISSN 0007-1323. S2CID 72015144.
- Doupe, J; Cullen, CH; Chance, GQ (January 1944). "Post-traumatic pain and the causalgia syndrome". Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 7 (1–2): 33–48. doi:10.1136/jnnp.7.1-2.33. PMC 1090439. PMID 21623413.
- Chance, G. Q. (September 1948). "Note on a type of flexion fracture of the spine". The British Journal of Radiology. 21 (249): 452–453. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-21-249-452. ISSN 0007-1285. PMID 18878306.
