Upper Limb Radiology

Question 1

describe fat pads and when they are normal/abnormal?

Answer 1

often visible when small and anterior but in the content of trauma a large anterior fat pad or any posterior fat pay indicates fracture

Question 2

how are fat pads shown on xray?

Answer 2

intraarticular fracture causes bleeding inside the joint capsule leading to swelling or expanding inside the capsule which pushes bone out and then there are dark grey shadows on the lateral film

Question 3

which bone is most likely to fracture on a FOOSH?

Answer 3

scaphoid as has a narrow waist

Question 4

what order do bones ossify in children?

Answer 4

CRITOL

Question 5

how do thumb injuries present?

Answer 5

pain in bottom of thumb, often no bruising or deformity, tenderness in ASB

Question 6

what changes in hand results in hands being more likely to fracture?

Answer 6

arthritic

Question 7

why may fractures in children’s bones not go the whole way through?

Answer 7

children’s bones are more bendy as they are less ossified

Question 8

what is a greenstick fracture?

Answer 8

fracture where only outer parts of wrist usually, snap

Question 9

what is a colles fracture?

Answer 9

distal part of radius is fractured and displaced dorsally