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Images in Clinical Medicine
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Volume 329:102 July 8, 1993 Number 2
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Three-Dimensional CT Diagnosis of Maxillofacial Trauma

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Figure 1. Three-Dimensional CT Diagnosis of Maxillofacial Trauma.

Spiral computed tomographic (CT) slices (Panel A and Panel B) from which three-dimensional images were reconstructed (Panels C, D, E, and F) were obtained in a 16-year-old boy with facial fractures sustained in a head-on collision. The boy was not wearing a seat belt, and his car was traveling at 50 mph (80 km per hour). He had a slightly limited upward gaze on the right side, a small subconjunctival hemorrhage, and infraorbital pain. There were no other findings on physical examination.

A zygomaticomaxillary complex ("tripod") fracture is present. The zygomatic arch . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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Three-Dimensional CT Diagnosis of Maxillofacial Trauma
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