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Traumatic Disease

Radiographic Pathology disease processes

QuestionAnswer
Whiplash Manifests sharp or dull pain posterior neck reversal or straightening of spine curvature Soft tissue imagin
Hangman's Fx Fracture of arch of 2nd C-vert (pars interarticularis) Anterior subluxation of 2nd and 3rd C spine
Jefferson's Fx Burst fracture of atlas
Linear cranial fx Straight and defined
Depressed cranial fx edges overlap
Basilar skull fx Battle sign, racoon sign Xtbl lateral skull for air fluid levels in sphenoid sinus
Concussion paralysis of brain function- due to blow to head Brain moves back and forth forcefully
Contusion bruise to the brain Capillaries broken
Brain Hematomas Collection of blood- epidural, subdural, subarachnoid, introcerebral
Comminuted fx fragments separate along edges of major fragment
Avulsion fx fragment pulled away from shaft
Greenstick fx Bone crack on one side only (not all the way through the bone)
Growth plate fx Fracture through the bone around growth plates in children
Tripod fx zygomatic arch, floor of orbit and maxillary sinus, lateral orbital rim and wall
Dislocation Out of joint, not in contact with normal articulation
Subluxation Partial dislocation usually with fx
Battered child syndrome Abuse, healed and nonhealed injuries, bruises
Avascular Necrosis Bone death from lack of blood supply
Legg-Calve-Perthes Femoral head bone death- head of femur flattened
Pneumothorax Collapsed lung, free air trapped, compress lung tissue
Atelectasis incomplete expansion lung tissue
Vertebral compression fx most frequent inury of vertebra T11,T12,L1 Seen with osteoporosis, fixed by kyphoplasty
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