Items tagged “trauma”
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4th metacarpal fracture
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10 Oct 2009
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Lipohaemarthrosis
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05 Nov 2009
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Lipohaemarthrosis - shoulder
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05 Nov 2009
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Patellar tendon rupture
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05 Nov 2009
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Morel-Lavallée lesion
Morel-Lavallée lesions are closed degloving injuries associated with severe trauma which then present as haemolymphatic 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-La...
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Biloma
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02 Dec 2009
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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
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01 Mar 2010
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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
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03 May 2010
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Proximal interphalangeal joint dislocation - fifth finger
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03 May 2010
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Vitreous haemorrhage - traumatic
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12 May 2010
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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 hypovolaemia which aff...
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Urinary bladder rupture
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24 May 2010
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Multitrauma with thoracic and intracranial injuries
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28 May 2010
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Transorbital penetrating brain injury
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29 May 2010
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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 stabilising ligaments.
Carpal dissociation implies carpal instabili...