Nasal Bone Fracture Detected by Bedside Emergency Department Ultrasonography

Abstract

Yirmi yaşında erkek, acil servise darp nedeniyle getirildi. Hastanın yapılan yatak başı acil ultrasonografi sinde nazal kemikteki kırık hattı irregüler hiperekojen ir hat olarak gösterildi. Nazal kemik kırıklarının acil serviste yatak başı ultrasonografi k olarak belirlenmesi, basit, ucuz, radyasyona maruz kalmadan yapılan bir yöntemdir. (JAEM 2010; 9: 148-9) Key words: Nazal kırık, ultrasonografi , acil tıp ÖzetA 20-year-old man presented to the emergency department with nasal fracture after a personal assault. The nasal bone appeared as a hyperecogenic structure on ultrasonographic examination and the irregularity and displacement of the bone was recognized. The evaluation of nasal bone fractures by ultrasonography is a proposed method involving no radiation exposure, rapid topographic evaluation and bedside application.