MedPix® Patient Chart Case: 3794

History

Age: 27 :: Gender: man

Patient History

27 year old male was elbowed in right side of face while playing football. Patient presented with pain, edema, echymosis, and palpable depression in right cheek.

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Imaging

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Findings

Summary of Findings

Both the AP and lateral views (films 1 and 2, respectively) reveal evidence of an old craniotomy, which has been repaired and is well-healed (the patient suffered an epidural hematoma after a fall at age 8). However, the cheek injury was not apparent on either view.

Film #3 is a submentovertex (SMV) view, also called a bucket handle view, reveals obvious depression of the right zygomatic arch.

Imaging

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Differential Diagnosis

Imaging

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Diagnosis

Case Diagnosis

Dx: Zygomatic Arch Fracture

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History:
27 year old male was elbowed in right side of face while playing football. Patient presented with pain, edema, echymosis, and palpable depression in right cheek.

Exam:

Findings:
Both the AP and lateral views (films 1 and 2, respectively) reveal evidence of an old craniotomy, which has been repaired and is well-healed (the patient suffered an epidural hematoma after a fall at age 8). However, the cheek injury was not apparent on either view.

Film #3 is a submentovertex (SMV) view, also called a bucket handle view, reveals obvious depression of the right zygomatic arch.

Differential:

Diagnosis:
Zygomatic Arch Fracture
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