Fracture List For Orthopedic Radiology

Front 1

Bankhart

Back 1

A detached fragment of labrum or bone from the anteroinferior margin of the glenoid rim, typical of anterior shoulder dislocations

Front 2

Baseball Finger

Back 2

aka Dropped or Mallet Finger

Hyperflexion injury to the distal interphalangeal joint, often associated with a dorsal avulsion fracture of the base of the distal phalanx

Front 3

Bennett

Back 3

Intra-articular avulsion fracture subluxation of the base of the first metacarpal

Front 4

Boot-top

Back 4

aka Ski boot fracture

A fracture of the midportion of the distal 1/3 of both the tibia and the fibula

Front 5

Boxer's Fracture

Back 5

Fracture of the neck of the fifth metacarpal with dorsal angulation and often colar displacement of the metacarpal head

Front 6

Boutonneire deformity

Back 6

Hyperflexion of a proximal interphalangeal joint of a finger due to disruption of the central slip of the extensor tendon

Front 7

Burst Fracture

Back 7

Sever comminution of a vertebral body, usually secondary to axial loading, sometimes with a rotary component. Frequently there is a segittal fracture through the body plus fractures in the posterior elements, often seen with unstable spinal fractures

Front 8

Butterfly fragment

Back 8

Comminuted wedge-shaped fracture that has split off from the main fragments; this implies high velocity of trauma from a direction opposite the fragment

Front 9

Chance

Back 9

aka lap-type seat belt

A felxion distraction injury that results in compression of the vertebral body, posteriorly there may be ligament disruption without fracture and the disc-annulus complex may be disrupted. Alternatively there may be transverse noncomminuted fractures of the vertebral body and neural arch

Front 10

Chopart

Back 10

Fracture/dislocation of the talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints. It is derived from Chopart's description of an amputation through the midtarsal joints

Front 11

Clay-shoveler

Back 11

Avulsion fracture of the spinous process of one or more of the lower cervical or upper thoracic vertebrae, most commonly at C7

Front 12

Coach's finger

Back 12

Dorsal dislocation of a proximal interphalangeal joint

Front 13

Colles'

Back 13

Transverse fracture of the distal radial metaphysis proximal to the joint with dorsal displacement of the distal fragment and volar angulation. May also fracture ulnar styloid

Front 14

Colles' reverse

Back 14

Smith's fracture