Items tagged “trauma”

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4th metacarpal fracture

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 10 Oct 2009
88% complete
X-ray
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Lipohemarthrosis

  Diagnosis certain
Donna D'Souza
Published 05 Nov 2009
72% complete
X-ray
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Lipohemarthrosis - shoulder

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 05 Nov 2009
90% complete
Annotated image X-ray
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Patellar tendon rupture

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 05 Nov 2009
75% complete
X-ray
Article

Morel-Lavallée lesion

Morel-Lavallée lesions are closed degloving injuries associated with severe trauma which then present as hemolymphatic collections or masses. MRI and ultrasound are useful modalities for evaluation. Terminology The lesions classically occur over the greater trochanter of the femur 1. Morel-Lav...
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Biloma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Wael Nemattalla
Published 02 Dec 2009
62% complete
CT
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Maisonneuve fracture

Maisonneuve fracture refers to a combination of a fracture of the proximal fibula together with an unstable ankle injury (widening of the ankle mortise on x-ray), often comprising ligamentous injury (distal tibiofibular syndesmosis, deltoid ligament) and/or fracture of the medial malleolus. It i...
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Distal phalanx fracture

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 01 Mar 2010
60% complete
X-ray
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Segond fracture

Segond fracture is an avulsion fracture of the knee that involves the lateral aspect of the tibial plateau and is very frequently (~75% of cases) associated with disruption of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). On the frontal knee radiograph, it may be referred to as the lateral capsular sign...
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Seurat spleen

Seurat spleen is an angiographic appearance seen following blunt trauma to the spleen. Multiple small punctate regions of intraparenchymal contrast extravasation lead to a spotted appearance. Pathology Several mechanisms are thought to to attribute to this appearance which include sinusoidal s...
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Jefferson fracture

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 03 May 2010
98% complete
CT X-ray Annotated image
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Proximal interphalangeal joint dislocation - fifth finger

  Diagnosis certain
Hani Makky Al Salam
Published 03 May 2010
75% complete
X-ray
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Vitreous hemorrhage - traumatic

  Diagnosis almost certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 12 May 2010
59% complete
CT
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CT hypoperfusion complex

CT hypoperfusion complex refers to the predominantly abdominal imaging features that occur in the context of profound hypotension. Multiple abdominal organs can display atypical appearances not related to the initial trauma but reflect alterations in perfusion secondary to hypovolemia which affe...
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Urinary bladder rupture

  Diagnosis certain
Maulik S Patel
Published 24 May 2010
82% complete
Ultrasound
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Multitrauma with thoracic and intracranial injuries

  Diagnosis certain
Hani Makky Al Salam
Published 28 May 2010
80% complete
CT
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Transorbital penetrating brain injury

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 29 May 2010
81% complete
CT MRI
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Perilunate dislocation

Perilunate dislocations and perilunate fracture-dislocations are potentially devastating closed wrist injuries that are often missed on initial imaging.  These injuries involve dislocation of the carpus relative to the lunate which remains in normal alignment with the distal radius. They should...
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Lunate dislocation

Lunate dislocations are an uncommon traumatic wrist injury that require prompt management and surgical repair. The lunate is displaced and rotated volarly. The rest of the carpal bones are in a normal anatomic position in relation to the radius. These should not be confused with perilunate disl...
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Scapholunate dissociation

Scapholunate dissociation, also known as rotary subluxation of the scaphoid, refers to an abnormal orientation of the scaphoid relative to the lunate and implies severe injury to the scapholunate interosseous ligament and other stabilizing ligaments. Carpal dissociation implies carpal instabili...