Padding marks

Normal ventral fat streak on the humerus. The dorsal fat pad cannot be seen in the lateral x-ray in healthy individuals.

Pathological signs of fat in an occult fracture of the radial head . The ventral fat pad is arched forward, the dorsal fat pad is visible.

The fat pad sign is an X-ray sign that can be helpful in recognizing a fracture or an occult fracture .

It is the representation of normal anatomical fat pads on joints as a lightening band. Depending on the skeletal region, these fat pads are visible or not in healthy people. A displacement or the appearance of a joint effusion indicates a fracture.

The best known fat pad mark is that on the elbow.

literature

• GK Goswami: The Fat Pad Sign (PDF; 1.0 MB) in Radiology 2002
• K. Bohndorf, H.Imhof: Radiological diagnosis of bones and joints Thieme Stuttgart, New York 1998 ISBN 3-13-110982-3
• A. Greenspan: Skelettradiologie , German edition by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Weinheim ISBN 3-527-15404-3

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