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    Fracture s Radiolog y

    the
    ·
    Plain Films an
    principal method of initial
    evaluation
    of a
    patient with suspected skeletal trauma .

    Typical signs and features of a


    fracture :

    Fracture line traverse the


    : the fracture line
    may
    whole diameter
    of bone or minor
    Fractures may
    cause a break in the
    continuity of normal

    cortical outline .

    Abs soft tissue


    swelling :
    usually accompanies a
    fracture .

    Cortical slight bulge step the


    1)
    irregularity : a or in
    cortex .

    Fracture
    line

    Cortical

    Irregularity
    Types of Fracture :

    is Greenstick : In children bone tends to be flexible ,


    so

    a
    fracture may occur with
    bending of bone on one

    side with a
    break of the cortex on the other side .

    · The bone
    may
    also buckle without an actual break

    ( torus Fractures

    iii Comminuted : a
    fracture with multiple fragments .

    becomes detached
    his Avulsion : a
    fragment of bone

    from of ligamentous tendon


    the site or insertion .

    in Pathological : a
    fracture through diseased bone ,
    often
    after trivial trauma eg Paget's ,
    .
    disease ,

    tumor
    Osteoporosis or .

    in Stree or
    fatique fracture : results from chronic from
    chronic repetitive minor trauma .
    vis
    Impacted fracture : the
    fragments compressed
    are

    into each other ,


    with no
    apparent visible fracture
    Line -

    vi , Epiphyseal plate fractures in children : can be

    Lunder age 16)


    clarified into types I to 5
    using the salter

    Harris classification .

    ⑱ - I -

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