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Can your xiphoid process puncture anything or cause internal bleeding if stretched the wrong way?

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Dr. Fletcher Derrick answered

Specializes in Urology

Yes: With a serious frontal chest injury, the xiphoid could be broken, dislocated etc and act just like a rib fracture and puncture an internal organ.

Answered 3/6/2021

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