Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Sure--you want the entire femur on the film, so you'd have the joints at both ends and some of the pelvic area... -lava At 01:40 PM 1/1/03 -0600, §Rennie§ wrote: >This on an elderly female admitted for recurrent falls: > > " X-ray of the **femur** showed osteoarthritic changes in the sacroiliac >joints and fecal impaction. " > >Can a femur x-ray show the above? Doesn't sound right to me, but I wanted >to run it by you guys before I decide whether to flag it. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Rennie >My Home Page: <http://www.renesue.com>http://www.renesue.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Rennie, Possibly, if they were taken of the upper region near the greater trochanter. Could your fecal impaction be thecal instead? Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 X-ray help This on an elderly female admitted for recurrent falls: " X-ray of the **femur** showed osteoarthritic changes in the sacroiliac joints and fecal impaction. " Can a femur x-ray show the above? Doesn't sound right to me, but I wanted to run it by you guys before I decide whether to flag it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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