AJR
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Abstract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow CME
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Welling, R. D.
Right arrow Articles by Jebson, P. J. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Welling, R. D.
Right arrow Articles by Jebson, P. J. L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Hotlight (NEW!)
Right arrow
What's Hotlight?

MDCT and Radiography of Wrist Fractures: Radiographic Sensitivity and Fracture Patterns

Rodney D. Welling1, Jon A. Jacobson1, David A. Jamadar1, Suzanne Chong1, Elaine M. Caoili1 and Peter J. L. Jebson2

1 Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., TC-2910L, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0326.
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.


Figure 1
View larger version (167K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 1A —17-year-old boy with right scaphoid proximal pole and volar lunate fractures, neither of which was described in prospective radiography report, although patient had five radiographic views of wrist. Posteroanterior radiograph shows area of fracture (arrow).

 

Figure 2
View larger version (117K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 1B —17-year-old boy with right scaphoid proximal pole and volar lunate fractures, neither of which was described in prospective radiography report, although patient had five radiographic views of wrist. Lateral radiograph shows no obvious fracture.

 

Figure 3
View larger version (114K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 1C —17-year-old boy with right scaphoid proximal pole and volar lunate fractures, neither of which was described in prospective radiography report, although patient had five radiographic views of wrist. Sagittal reformatted CT scans through scaphoid (S in C) and lunate (L in D) show fractures (arrows).

 

Figure 4
View larger version (121K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 1D —17-year-old boy with right scaphoid proximal pole and volar lunate fractures, neither of which was described in prospective radiography report, although patient had five radiographic views of wrist. Sagittal reformatted CT scans through scaphoid (S in C) and lunate (L in D) show fractures (arrows).

 

Figure 5
View larger version (133K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 2A —43-year-old man with fractures of right triquetral body and dorsal scaphoid, neither of which was described in prospective radiography report. Semipronated oblique radiograph of wrist shows no obvious fracture.

 

Figure 6
View larger version (104K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 2B —43-year-old man with fractures of right triquetral body and dorsal scaphoid, neither of which was described in prospective radiography report. Axial CT image through triquetrum (T) shows fracture (straight arrow). Note dorsal scaphoid (S) avulsion fracture (curved arrow).

 

Figure 7
View larger version (163K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 3A —39-year-old man with left pisiform fracture prospectively described in radiography report. Posteroanterior radiograph (A) and axial CT image (B) show pisiform fracture (arrows).

 

Figure 8
View larger version (105K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 3B —39-year-old man with left pisiform fracture prospectively described in radiography report. Posteroanterior radiograph (A) and axial CT image (B) show pisiform fracture (arrows).

 

Figure 9
View larger version (146K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 4A —60-year-old woman with right trapezial ridge and dorsal scaphoid avulsion fractures, neither of which was described on prospective radiography report. Semipronated radiograph shows no obvious fracture.

 

Figure 10
View larger version (125K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 4B —60-year-old woman with right trapezial ridge and dorsal scaphoid avulsion fractures, neither of which was described on prospective radiography report. Semisupinated radiograph shows dorsal scaphoid fracture (arrow).

 

Figure 11
View larger version (96K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 4C —60-year-old woman with right trapezial ridge and dorsal scaphoid avulsion fractures, neither of which was described on prospective radiography report. Axial CT images at level of trapezium (T in C) and scaphoid (S in D) show fractures (arrows).

 

Figure 12
View larger version (90K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 4D —60-year-old woman with right trapezial ridge and dorsal scaphoid avulsion fractures, neither of which was described on prospective radiography report. Axial CT images at level of trapezium (T in C) and scaphoid (S in D) show fractures (arrows).

 

Figure 13
View larger version (141K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 5A —23-year-old woman with left trapezoid and dorsal hamate fractures, neither of which was described, and third metacarpal base fracture that was described in prospective radiography report. Semipronated radiograph shows fracture (curved arrow) of metacarpal.

 

Figure 14
View larger version (96K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 5B —23-year-old woman with left trapezoid and dorsal hamate fractures, neither of which was described, and third metacarpal base fracture that was described in prospective radiography report. Axial CT image shows fractures (arrows) of trapezoid (T) and hamate (H).

 

Figure 15
View larger version (142K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 6A —34-year-old man with right capitate fracture not described and hamate body fracture that was described in prospective radiography report. Posteroanterior wrist radiograph shows hamate body fracture (arrows) and no obvious capitate fracture.

 

Figure 16
View larger version (79K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 6B —34-year-old man with right capitate fracture not described and hamate body fracture that was described in prospective radiography report. Axial CT image shows fractures (arrows) of hamate body (H) and capitate (C).

 

Figure 17
View larger version (125K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 7A —21-year-old woman with left hook of hamate fracture that was not described and ulnar styloid fracture that was described in prospective radiography report. Patient did not have carpal tunnel views. Lateral wrist radiograph shows no obvious hamate fracture.

 

Figure 18
View larger version (88K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
[as a PowerPoint slide]
  		Fig. 7B —21-year-old woman with left hook of hamate fracture that was not described and ulnar styloid fracture that was described in prospective radiography report. Patient did not have carpal tunnel views. Axial CT image at level of hamate (H) hook shows fracture (arrow).

 

Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?



HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2008 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.