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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
bone. ... "pooping duck sign ... bone fracture ... dislocation, distal radius ... #Diagnosis #Management
Scapholunate Dissociation
The spacing between all carpal bones should be 1-2 mm, look for the "Terry Thomas"
bones should be ... bones should be ... injuries: distal radius ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
will be obvious; signs ... Splint: Posterior long ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
COVID-19 Findings ... on Lung ultrasound ... #Lung #ultrasound ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Signs
One-page resource for Lung POCUS in COVID19:
- likely (unproven) sensitive due to peripheral distribution of lesions
One-page resource ... for Lung POCUS ... #POCUS #COVID19 ... coronavirus #pulmonary #ultrasound ... #diagnosis
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #ultrasound
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
radiocapitellar lines ... posterior) and bone ... anterior sail sign ... Elbow #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
posterior) and bone ... anterior sail sign ... capitellum (age 1), radial ... Splint: Posterior long ... #Diagnosis #Management
Radius Fracture on POCUS
Great example of the use of POCUS to diagnose a fracture of a
to diagnose a fracture ... of a long bone ... Could also do X-ray ... alignment in both planes ... #msk #orthopedics
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
ulnar shaft with radial ... radiocapitellar line ... Splint: Posterior long ... Ulnar #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management