Questions

A 90 year old woman presents with left hip pain and refusal to bear weight after a fall. The radiograph below was obtained. What is the most appropriate next step in managing the patient?

What is the most important feature of this subcapital femoral neck fracture with respect to treatment planning?

What function does the transverse ligament of the hip serve?

What is the most likely mechanism of injury for the fracture shown below?

Which oblique lumbar radiographic technique is depicted here and which pars interarticularis would it be assessing?

Lumbar radiographs in a 65-year-old male with lower back pain reveal an indistinct margin of the superior endplate of L4. Which of the following is most likely to account for this?

An accentuated vertical trabecular pattern within a single lumbar vertebral body is most indicative of which pathology?

Which radiographic projection allows for better visualization of the sacroiliac joints, increasing sensitivity for detecting sacroiliitis?

Which other spondyloarthritis is radiographically indistinguishable from ankylosing spondylitis?

Which is a described sign of spondylolisthesis on a frontal lumbar radiograph?

Degenerative intervertebral disc nuclear clefts that become filled with gas indicate….

In the case of a posterior dislocation of the hip, which of the following clinical and radiographic features is MOST commonly observed?

Which artery is considered the main supply of blood to the femoral head and is important in the context of proximal femoral fractures?

Which of the following types of neck of femur fractures typically occurs at the femoral head/neck junction and is considered an intracapsular fracture?

What is the name of line number 5?

In a 1T magnetic field, what is the approximate difference in hydrogen precession frequency between water and fat? (The gyromagnetic ratio of hydrogen is 42.6 MHz/T)

What does a reduction in receiver bandwidth cause?

In the accompanying image, the pubis bone is indicated by which letter?

A trauma patient has bilateral femoral fractures. The orthopedic team require lateral femoral radiographs before theater, what would be the most appropriate projection?