VizD Radiograph Challenge Week of 7/30/2007
A 24-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of knee pain. The patient as roller-skating, lost her balance, and fell directly onto her knee. After the fall, she was unable to ambulate and noted a swollen knee. The radiographs you ordered are shown below.
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Questions:
1. What is the diagnosis?
2. What is the most common type of this injury
3. What is the treatment of this injury?
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2 comments:
Looks like patellar luxation, but I don't know what the human equivalent is.
1. Patella dislocation
2. Lateral
3. Reduction
Michael from Baylor Medical School
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