Case: Lower limb radiograph #388629
Lower limb Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: No machine-readable author provided. Scuba-limp~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
Tip: scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to pan, and try Invert.
Answer: Hip (proximal femoral) fracture
What to look for in hip (proximal femoral) fracture
- Subcapital fracture with full displacement.
- Broken Shenton's line.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Hip-Joint, fracture of the collum femoris. Lefthand from the head is the rather large dislocation and fracture-zone to be seen.
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
