Items tagged “trauma”
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Terry-Thomas sign
The Terry-Thomas sign refers to an increase in the scapholunate space on an AP radiograph of the wrist (or coronal CT). The increased distance indicates scapholunate dissociation (often with rotary subluxation of the scaphoid) due to ligamentous injury. There is no consensus as to what measureme...
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Diffuse axonal injury (grading)
Grading of diffuse axonal injury due to trauma is described according to the anatomic distribution of injury. Contrary to the implication of the word "diffuse," diffuse axonal injury has a topological predilection for focal involvement of certain sites in the brain. These sites, in turn, vary in...
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Hangman fracture
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05 Jul 2010
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Chance fracture
Chance fractures also referred to as seatbelt fractures, are flexion-distraction type injuries of the spine that extend to involve all three spinal columns. These are unstable injuries and have a high association with intra-abdominal injuries.
Pathology
Mechanism
Chance fracture is also known...
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Atlantooccipital dissociation
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31 Jul 2010
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Intraventricular bleed with skull base fracture
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02 Aug 2010
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CT
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Diffuse axonal injury and extra-axial bleed
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02 Aug 2010
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CT
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Supracondylar fracture
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07 Aug 2010
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Extradural haematoma
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10 Aug 2010
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CT
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Elbow dislocation
Elbow dislocation is the second most common large joint dislocation in adults and the most common in children.
Epidemiology
Elbow dislocations are common and account for 10-25% of all elbow injuries in the adult population 1. They are the most common dislocation in children 4.
Associations
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Joint effusion
A joint effusion is defined as an increased amount of fluid within the synovial compartment of a joint.
There is normally only a small amount of physiological intra-articular fluid. Abnormal fluid accumulation can result from inflammation, infection (i.e. pus) or trauma and might be exudate, tr...
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Pilon fracture
A pilon fracture is a type of distal tibial fracture involving the tibial plafond. These are considered to represent 1-10% of all lower limb fractures 6.
Mechanism
Typically high energy injuries and occur as a result of an axial loading which drives the talus into the tibial plafond.
Classif...
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Foreign body - knife in liver
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25 Aug 2010
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Perilunate dislocation
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05 Sep 2010
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Smith fracture
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05 Sep 2010
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Flail chest
Flail chest or flail thoracic segment implies paradoxical motion of a segment of chest wall during respiration due to multiple rib fractures. Definitions vary; radiologists apply the term when three or more contiguous ribs are fractured in two or more places. Clinically, a segment of only one or...
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Post-traumatic diaphragmatic rupture - intra-thoracic stomach herniation and gastric volvulus
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28 Sep 2010
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Fluoroscopy
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Biceps femoris (partial tear)
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29 Sep 2010
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Medial collateral ligament tear
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06 Oct 2010
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Partial tear of rectus femoris
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06 Oct 2010
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