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Feb 12 2011, 8:53 PM EST
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Feb 12 2011, 8:52 PM EST
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Change: This 17 year old male was kicked in the hand while playing soccer. He was examined and found to have pain and swelling around the PIP joint of his right ring finger. He was referred for radiography of his right ring finger. The PA projection image reveals no displaced fracture.
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Feb 12 2011, 8:07 PM EST
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Change: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1286225-overview 13/2/11Radiographic TechniqueLateral Finger Technique Lateral finger radiography is often executed quite poorly. Hyperextension and hyperflexion avulsion fractures can be very subtle and can be obscured by poor technique. The patient's finger must be positioned at ninety degrees to the central ray to achieve a true lateral position.
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Feb 12 2011, 8:06 PM EST
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Feb 12 2011, 7:48 PM EST
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Change: finger (junior doctors have asked me whether you start the numbering at the thumb or the little finger, but I have never been asked which is the ring finger!).One advantage of the number system is that it correlates well
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Feb 10 2011, 6:48 PM EST
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Change: A swan-neck deformity, typically defined as proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint hyperextension with concurrent distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint flexion, occurs in approximately 50% of patients with RA. However, swan-neck deformity is not unique to RA, because it may also be congenital or traumatic in nature.http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1244326-overviewThe swan neck
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Feb 10 2011, 6:23 PM EST
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Change: Self explanatory video DislocationIndex finger distal phalax posterior dislocation with volar avulsion fracture.Posterior DIP joint dislocation in a 15 year old male following sports injury.Posterior dislocations of the DIP and PIP joints of the 5th digit in a 63 year old male.Avulsion fracture of
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Feb 10 2011, 6:14 PM EST
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Change: occur right away. It is the imbalance in the extensor hood that results from the torn tendon that eventually causes the deformity. Because the middle
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Feb 7 2011, 9:41 PM EST
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Change: This 25 year year old male presented to the Emergency Department after injuring his left index finger in a fight. He was referred for left
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Feb 7 2011, 8:33 PM EST
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Change: Generally speaking, hand radiography is not a good substitute for finger radiography. Some injuries (particularly avulsion fractures) can be very subtle and difficult to demonstrate
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Feb 7 2011, 8:14 PM EST
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Change: The lesions replace normal bone with mineralized or unmineralized hyaline cartilage, thereby generating a lytic pattern on radiographs or, more commonly, a lytic area containing rings and arcs of chondroid calcifications. The lesions likely arise from cartilaginous rests that are displaced from the growth plate.''Enchondroma and Enchondromatosis
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Feb 7 2011, 8:09 PM EST
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Change: This 32 year old female presented to the ED with finger pain following trivial trauma. There is a sharply marginated lucent lesion sited at the
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Feb 7 2011, 7:44 PM EST
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Feb 6 2011, 10:09 PM EST
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Change: post'post reductionreduction' to indicate that the image is post-treatment. It may also be necessary to label images post reduction 1, post reduction 2 etc where multiple attempts have been made to effect a reduction of the dislocation. Buddy Taping SplintBuddy Taping SplintJEFFREY C. LEGGIT,
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Feb 6 2011, 10:08 PM EST
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Change: It is good practice to label the image post reduction to indicate that the image is post-treatment. It may also be necessary to label images post reduction 1, post reduction 2 etc where multiple attempts have been made to effect a reduction of the dislocation. Buddy Taping SplintBuddy
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Feb 6 2011, 9:58 PM EST
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Change: This 29 year old female presented to the Emergency Department after injuring the 5th digit of her left hand. There is an oblique fracture of the left middle phalanx of the 5th digit of the left hand. The fracture does not appear to extend into either joint.The radiographer
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Feb 6 2011, 9:41 PM EST
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Change: The affected hand and amputated anatomy should all be imaged. These digits have been kept in their specimen containers when imaged. Care should be taken to keep the amputated anatomy clean and moist to maximise chances of successful re-attachment.The amputated digits should be labelled
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Feb 6 2011, 7:13 PM EST
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Feb 6 2011, 7:11 PM EST
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