Le Fort fracture - type I

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard , 21 Jul 2009
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Praveen Jha, 13 Nov 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Diagnostic Certainty was set to .
Gender was set to Male.
Age was set to 40.
Presentation was added:
Trauma sometime back. Nasal bleeding.
Body was changed:

Le Fort type I fracture is well seen in a 40 year old male. Note the fracture extending along the floor of the nasal cavity extending posteriorly to the pterygoid platesimages.

  • -<p><a href="/articles/leforte-fractures">LeForte I fracture</a> in a 40 year old male. Note the fracture extending along the floor of the nasal cavity extending posteriorly to the pterygoid plates. </p>
  • +<p><a title="Le Fort fractures" href="/articles/le-fort-fracture-classification">Le Fort type I fracture</a> is well seen in the images.</p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was added:

Note the fracture extending along the floor of the nasal cavity extending posteriorly to the pterygoid plates. 

Images Changes:

Image CT (bone window) ( update )

Specifics was set to bone window.
Perspective was set to Coronal.

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