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Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Common Hand Fractures ... Rolando fracture ... Terry thomas sign ... Kienboch disease ... #XRay #Radiology
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Triquetral Fracture ... most commonly fractured ... common carpal bone fracture ... radius or ulna fractures ... Triquetral #Triquetrum #Fracture
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
What is a Boxer’s fracture ... Fracture of the ... direct blunt/force trauma ... onto the hand Symptoms ... Overlying wounds or signs
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
asphyxia Any rib fracture ... vessel injury Fracture ... Two or more rib fractures ... injury, sternal fracture ... #diagnosis #signs
Halo Sign in Basal Skull Fracture

Halo of lighter liquid around blood spot on the cloth indicates
Skull Fracture ... liquid around blood spot ... Basal skull fracture ... #Basal #Skull #Fracture ... #Basilar #Trauma
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
humerus; simple = no fracture ... , complex = fracture ... associated injuries: Fractures ... + radial head fracture ... coronoid process fracture
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings
 • Pain in lumbar area and gluteal region: (Dull, insidious
more constant as disease ... bamboo spine) -> Fracture ... spine with minor trauma ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
at 2 hours post trauma ... depressed skull fracture ... exam - Any Sign ... of Basal Skull Fracture ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
around the knee on XRay ... phase • Paget disease ... blade of grass sign ... island • Stress fracture ... Chondrosarcoma • Stress fracture
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay
Age <
around the knee on XRay ... blade of grass sign ... island • Stress fracture ... Chondrosarcoma • Stress fracture ... #MSK #pediatrics