Case 2

  1. 1. Question

    A previously well 43 year old woman is brought to the ED following a fall at home. She slipped on a wet floor and banged her face on a chair as she fell. She was not knocked out, recalls the incident and has not vomited since the fall.

    On examination she is alert and orientated with marked tenderness and swelling over both upper cheeks.

    You decide that you need a radiological investigation to exclude a fracture. Put these investigations in order of their increasing ability to identify a fracture of the midface.

    Select the correct order of increasing accuracy of diagnosis from the worst (one) to the best (four) .

    Sort elements
    • Four
    • Three
    • One
    • Two
    • Lateral facial x-ray
      • Single occipitomental x-ray
        • Occipitomental 15 degrees and 30 degrees x-rays
          • Facial CT scan
          • 2. Question

            An x-ray is ordered (Click on the x-ray to enlarge).

            Indicate the correct diagnosis from the choices available.

             

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          • 3. Question

            When considering other possible investigations that could be performed on this patient, match the type of investigation to the possible injury.

            Select the possible injury from the drop down menus.

            Sort elements
            • Depressed zygomatic arch fracture
            • CSF rhinorrhoea
            • No indication for this investigation in the ED
            • Orbital blow-out fracture
            • Suspected ZMC fracture with co-existing cervical spine injury
            • Spiral CT scan of the face
              • Nasal bone x-ray
                • Beta-2 transferrin measurement
                  • Focussed ocular ultrasound
                    • Submentovertical x-ray