x-ray and fracture line part 2

This post will show the radiographic sign that I tell you in x-ray and fracture line posted

The figure below shows the oblique fracture that the fracture fragment was oblique and overlapped in bucco-lingual direction, thus, show the more radiopaque line (red arrow)



The next picture shows topographic view of the same case, the fracture fragment was overlapped from 44-47 area.



This last picture shows the fracture of right zygomatic arch. The arch was overlapped (in superior-inferior and medial-distal direction), thus it show more radiopaque and more widening than normal side.


Relate posted

• X-ray and fracture line
• Maxillary-fracture
• Mandibular-fracture
• Diagnosis-image-facial-fracture
• Localized-teeth-with-radiopraph-x-ray
• Radiographic-sign-in-thalassemia
  

x-ray and fracture line

The typical x-ray appearances of fracture included

1. Radiolucent line
2. Radiopaque line if the fragments overlie one another
3. Discontinuity or deformity in the out line of the bone

The second is the most miss point when we interpreted film x-ray.
Why can we see more radiopaque line in fracture look at this figure below?

For example, the oblique fracture of mandible ,we will didn't notice in x-ray because it sometimes presented only slightly not notably more radiopaque line. (The fracture fragment was overlapped)

Another example, in submentovertex view, in fracture zygomatic arch that the arch was collapsed and overlapped, show only slightly increase of radiopaque and widening of arch than contralateral arch.

Next time if I 'm not forget I will show the example of these film x-ray, however the most important in diagnosis the fracture of head and neck bone was not x-ray, but clinical.


Relate posted

• X-ray and fracture line 2
• Maxillary-fracture
• Mandibular-fracture
• Diagnosis-image-facial-fracture
• Localized-teeth-with-radiopraph-x-ray
• Radiographic-sign-in-thalassemia