肘关节损伤X线平片阅读技巧.docx
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肘关节损伤X线平片阅读技巧
HowtoreadtheelbowXray
JulietCaldwellMD,NewYork-PresbyterianHospital/WeillCornellMedicalCenter
Fractureslinescanbedifficulttovisualizeafteracuteelbowinjury,particularlyinchildren.Belowareeightsequentialstepstoaidintheradiographicrecognitionofoccultsignsofinjury.
Step1:
hourglasssign
Searchforanadequate"hourglasssign",or"figureofeight"atthedistalhumerus.Ifabsentthestudyisnotatruelateralandinterpretationofsteps2through4islessreliable.
Here'sanexampleofatruelateral;notethesymmetricfigureofeight/hourglasssignatthedistalhumerus;alsonoticetheposteriorfatpad?
(seebelow.)
HereisanimperfectlateralradiographaccompaniedbyanormalAPradiograph;noticehowthefigureofeight/hourglassisasymmetric:
Step2:
anteriorfatpadevaluation
Avisibleanteriorfatpadcanbenormal;itisasmallradiolucentshadowadherenttotheanterioraspectofthedistalhumerus:
Anabnormalanteriorfatpadisdescribedasa"sailsign"becauseitisunusuallyprominentandbowsoutwardtoformatriangularshape.Aftertrauma,bloodcanaccumulateintheintraarticularspaceandpushthefatpadanteriorly;apositivesailsigninthesettingoftraumaisareliableindicationofanintraarticularfracture–evenifnofracturelinecanbeidentified.Anatraumaticsailsignimpliesintraarticularfluidofaninflammatorynature.
Step3:
posteriorfatevaluation
Radiographicvisualizationofaposteriorfatpadisnevernormalandalwayssignifiesfluidintheintraarticularspace.Again,inthesettingoftrauma,thisstronglyimpliesfractureofanarticularsurface.
Hereisaradiographwithbothasailandposteriorfatpadsign:
Step4:
anteriorhumeralline
Thislineshouldintersectthemiddlethirdofthecapitellumonthelateralview.Fracturesusuallyresultindisplacementofthecapitellumposteriorly(versusanteriorly).Ifthefilmisnotatruelateral,interpretationoftheanteriorhumerallinebecomesfallible.
Thisradiographdepictsanormalanteriorhumeralline:
Step5:
radio-capitellarline
Thislineisdrawnthroughthemiddleoftheradiusposteriorly/rostrallyandshouldbisectthecapitellumonboththelateralandtheAPelbowradiograph.Failuretoalignproperlyindicatesaradialheaddislocationthatrequirespromptreductionifneuro-vascularcompromiseistobeavoided.
Step6:
inspectionoftheradialhead
Carefulinspectionisparamountsincefracturelinesareoftennotvisible;lookforsubtledisruptionsinthecorticalcontour.Examinetheradiographbelow:
Noticehowtheradiusbisectsthecapitellumonthisview;howeverthereisasubtlecorticaldisruption/acuteangulationatthesuperioraspectofthedistalradiusindicatingfracture.
Normalradio-capitellarlines:
Noticethatthisisnotanideallateralmakinginterpretationoftheanteriorhumerallinedifficult;howevertheradiusshouldbisectthecapitellumonallviewsregardlessofadequacy;alsonotetheposteriorfatpad.
Anabnormalradio-capitellarlineisdepictedbelow:
Onbothviewstheradiusfailstobisectthecapitellumindicatinganobviousradialheaddislocation.Alsonotetheanteriorandposteriorfatpads,aswellastheobviousolecranondeformity.AradialheaddislocationwithanolecranonfractureiscalledaMonteggiainjury.
Thisradiographdemonstratesabnormalalignmentoftheanteriorhumerallinestronglysuspiciousforfracture.(Theanteriorhumerallineofatoddler/childmustalsointersectthemiddlethirdofanossifiedcapitellum;alsonotetheposteriorfatpadandsailsign.)
Step7:
distalhumerusexamination
Signsofhumeralfracturearealsocommonlysubtle;breakagemayonlybeevidencedbyanabnormalanteriorhumeralline.Examtheradiographbelow:
Theanteriorhumerallineisperhapsslightlyoffasitseemstointersecttheanteriorthirdofthecapitellum,whiletheradio-capitellarlineisintact.Thereareprominentsailandposteriorfatpadsigns;andoncarefulinspectiononeseesthesubtlecorticaldisruptionalongtheposterioraspectofthedistalhumerus.
Step8:
Lookforobviousfracturelinesandsubtledisruptionsincorticalcontour.
Thisisnotagoodlateralradiographsointerpretationoftheanteriorhumerallineisunreliable.Thereisnoobviousanteriororposteriorfatpad,andtheradio-capitellarlineisintact.Theradialheadanddistalhumerusappearfine,whilethereisanobviousproximalolecranonfracture.
Theanteriorhumerallineisperhapsslightlyoffasitseemstointersecttheanteriorthirdofthecapitellum,whiletheradio-capitellarlineisintact.Thereareprominentsailandposteriorfatpadsigns;andoncarefulinspectiononeseesthesubtlecorticaldisruptionalongtheposterioraspectofthedistalhumerus.
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