Bone Fractures
Complete Fracture
(Radius)
Compound Fracture
Complete fracture in which
bone breaks through skin
Compound Fx.
(tibia/fibula)
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/Parts/Compound.html
Greenstick Fx.
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/01Trauma.html
Galeazzi fx.
Dislocation
distal ulna
Fx. distal 3rd
of radius
http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/v1c16.html
5-year-old girl fell onto
outstretched hand
sustained Gartland
Type II supracondylar
humerus fx.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ortho/oj/2002/html/oj15sp02p43.html
Colles’ Fracture
(broken wrist)
X-ray of
Colles’ fracture
Oblique Fracture
Mal-union resulting in fusion of
radius/ulna
Bone callus & fragments caused bones to ossify and
fuse; prevents pronation & supination.
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/01Trauma.html
Comminuted Fracture
of Lower Leg
(21-year-old man was
struck by a forklift)
Comminuted fx.
(distal humerus)
anterior view
Comminuted fx.
humerus--lateral view
Incomplete
Longitudinal Fracture
(Distal Phalanx of Left
Thumb)
Spiral Fracture
Pathological Fracture
of femur secondary
to rickets
(1-year old boy)
tumor
Pathologic fx. as result
of bone tumor that
weakened the arm.
Fx.
Fx.
http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/v6c01.html
Pathologic fx.
from tumor which
compromised
bone’s strength.
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/01Trauma.html
Stress Fx.
Result of overuse
or stress on bone.
Growth plates
Fx.
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/01Trauma.html
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/01Trauma.html
humerus
Dislocation
of elbow
Dislocation of Elbow
Joint
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/01Trauma.html
Avulsion--hip
(pelvis of 19-year
old high school
sprinter)
Bony fragment pulled from
pelvis at point of growth
plate and muscle attachment.
Compression fx.
L1 vertebral body
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic817.htm
Thoracic Fx.
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/icmrad/skeletal/01Trauma.html
Depressed fx.