Lower extremity imaging Flashcards
DO NOT order this view in patients where you suspect fracture or dislocation.
Frog leg lateral
Common views of the hip
AP
Lateral
Frog leg lateral
This view is Useful in children with suspected Perthes disease or Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
Frog leg lateral
CT gives a better look at ____ than the MRI, but does not show ____ as well as the MRI.
bone; soft tissue
Important complication that can occur with femoral neck fractures
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head
What are you looking for with MRI? All Areas
Occult fractures, seen by bone edema
Cysts
Tumors
Infections
Muscle/ Tendon injury
Articular/Cartilage injury
Common knee views
AP
Lateral
Flexed lateral
Merchant, sunrise or skyline
Common femur views
AP
Lateral
If evaluating OA you want to do the imaging _____
Weight bearing
Avulsion fracture of the lateral aspect of the tibial plateau is called
segond fracture
You want to put patients with a transverse patellar fracture in an _______ because the quadriceps and patellar tendon will want to pull the bone apart
immovable knee brace
Lower leg views
AP and lateral
Ankle views
AP
Lateral
Mortise
Oblique
Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture
- Medial Malleolus fx
- Lateral Malleolus fx
- Posterior malleolus fx
- Unstable mortise
- Talar displacement
Foot views
DP (dorsal plantar) and Oblique
