Coccyx

CC Mr. Gobbi is a 42-year-old male here today with complaints of left shoulder pain as well as to follow up on his coccyx pain. HPI The patient first complained of coccyx pain back in the spring of 2014. He was being active with his kids and fell right onto his coccyx while using a pillowcase to slide down the stairs. He was given an order for an x-ray at that time. Follow up a couple months later, he reported that his pain was better. He chose not to the x-ray. He tells me he is still on and off is having issues with pain in the coccyx. He a few weeks ago was in a golf cart and someone pressed quickly on the gas for the golf cart as he was standing up, causing him to fall back directly onto his tailbone and that seems to have exacerbated the pain and made it worse again. It…

sleep apnea, NIDDM, gout, kidney stones, neuropathy, pulmonary embolus-has filter, DVTin right leg, chronic edema in right leg and chronic pain syndrome. At today’s visit he is accompanied by his wife. He is homebound due to his immobility. His wife reports that his immobility started 8 years ago. He has not left his room in the last 3 years due what he describes as a fused neck and coccyx pain that makes him unable to sit. The wife reports that the patient has prostates cancer 8 years ago for…

DOI: 07/13/2010. This is a 42-year-old female cafe lead worker who sustained fracture to the low back and coccyx when she slipped on wet floor. Patient was diagnosed with chronic low back pain syndrome, displacement of lumbar intervertebral disc without myelopathy, degeneration of the lumbosacral intervertebral disc and disorders of the coccyx. Per medical report dated 02/27/2015, patient’s medications are gabapentin 300mg, Klonopin 1mg, Lidocaine 5% patch, lithium carbonate 300mg, naproxen…

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evolutionary divergence (“5 Useless Body Parts,” 2012). Originated from once fully functional traits in human predecessors, vestigial structures are important in providing significant evidence for human evolution as exemplified through the tailbone, goosebumps, and plica semilunaris. Notably, the coccyx, or commonly referred to as the tailbone, is a human vestige of the mammalian tail (Spinney, 2008). Structurally, the coccyx is a triangular arrangement of fused or semi-fused rudimentary…

26 segments of bones, called vertebrae. Vertebrae are in sets that are divided into four curves. Starting from the skull, C-1 to C-7 vertebrae form the cervical curve, they do not join the ribs. The second set, consists of twelve vertebrae. They are known as the thoracic vertebrae, T-1 to T-12. These vertebrae join with the ribs. The third set is known as the lumbar vertebrae, L1-L-5. The lumbar vertebra is the largest and strongest of the vertebrae, and is not joined with the ribs. The last…

Structure of the Axial Skeleton The Axial Skeleton is the midpoint of the body. The function of the Axial skeleton is to protect the vital organs such as the brain, heart and lungs Cranium Sternum and 24 ribs 24 Vertebrae, Sacrum and Coccyx Structure of the Appendicular skeleton Figure 2 The Appendicular skeleton is made up of the upper and lower limbs. Clavicle and Scapula Humerus, Radius and Ulna Carpals, Metacarpals, Phalanges and Sesamoid Two Pelvis bones Femur, Tibia, Patella and…

thin skin is therefore a normal biological process and an anticipated age related change. A small pressure injury is noticed on Mrs. Checketts’s coccyx. Pressure ulcers are usually caused by the interruption of blood flow between the skin and the deeper tissue (McCance & Huether 2010). Skin condition (thin, dry, frail), poor nutrition, position, mobility etc. could contribute to pressure ulcer (Costa 2013).…

All anatomy lies differently within each patient. It is our job as future radiographers to know more or less where certain anatomy lies and for the most part, how they lay within the body. Some bones and structures need to be distorted on the radiograph so we can properly obtain a diagnosis and see the anatomy perfectly. One example would be of the sacrum and coccyx. A perfectly perpendicular AP projection of the sacrum would not show the sacrum appropriately and a proper diagnosis wouldn’t be…

Also some bruising and erythema on her left shoulder and her coccyx area. Next, her lab tests showed a high WBC count at 23.1 thousand/mCL and a high neutrophil count at 22.0 thousand/mCL. Because of…