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They further established that a "normal" diameter of the femur head measures 20% of the height of the pelvis. If the middle line of the neck-head junction was more than 10% of the pelvis height above the reference line they considered the joint to be more than 50% dislocated. [13] The following types resulted: [13]
Pubic symphysis diastasis (also known as diastasis symphysis pubis) is the separation of normally joined pubic bones, as in the dislocation of the bones, without a fracture that measures radiologically more than 10 mm. Separation of the symphysis pubis is a rare pathology associated with childbirth and has an incidence of 1 in 300 to 1 in 30,000 births.
The knee is investigated and found to be normal. [7] The diagnosis requires x-rays of the pelvis, with anteriorposterior (AP) and frog-leg lateral views. [11] The appearance of the head of the femur in relation to the shaft likens that of a "melting ice cream cone", visible with Klein's line.
Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis, performed as a contrast CT, here presented in the sagittal, en:Coronal planecoronal and axial plane, with 3 mm slice thickness. It shows normal anatomy, with no injuries. The subject is a 21 year old male who had blunt trauma to the upper abdomen during motocross.
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Normal (left) versus cancerous (right) mammography image. Projectional radiography of the breasts is called mammography . This has been used mostly on women to screen for breast cancer , but is also used to view male breasts, and used in conjunction with a radiologist or a surgeon to localise suspicious tissues before a biopsy or a lumpectomy .