Lipohaemarthrosis

1 February 1962

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology

Vol. 35 (410) , 122-127
https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-35-410-122

Abstract

Intra-articular fractures in the knee and fracture-dislocations of the shoulder can produce an accumulation of blood and fat in these joints. This may be visible on X-ray films taken with a horizontal ray since the fat gives a translucency superiorly with a "level" at its interface with the blood beneath. The probable mechanisms and significance of this appearance are discussed.

Keywords

FATS/BLOOD
JOINTS/WOUNDS AND INJURIES

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