Extremity radiograph unknown 6

Anshuman Bansal

JHU SOM

abansal1@jhmi.edu

David Marker

JHU SOM

dmarker@jhmi.edu


Publication Date: 2009-09-10

Findings

This is a radiograph of a patient who fell from a motorcycle. There is no fracture visible here.

  1. Can you tell what the metallic object on the image is?

    Rod fixing the phalanx

    Incorrect. Try again.
    Pulse oximeter

    Correct! If you look at both views you can see that this device is actually attached to the patient's skin and is not inside the patient's hand.
    Debris from the motorcycle

    Incorrect. Try again.
    An antenna to communicate with aliens

    Incorrect. Good guess, though.

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