X-Ray of the Upper Limbs. The Shoulder Girdles, Shoulder Joints, The Humerus, Elbow Joint, the Forearm, the Wrist and the hand. Indications and Radiographic Findings

1. RADIOLOGY TRAINING RESOURCE FOR MEDICAL
IMAGING TECHNOLOGISTS/SONOGRAPHERS,
NURSES, MIDWIVES AND RELATED MEDICS
Module 13: X-Ray of The Upper Limbs
Course lecturer
Nchanji Nkeh Keneth
Radiologic Technologist/Sonographer
CSMRR: 001012016
+237 671459765
B.TECH/HPD in MDIRT
(St. LOUIS UNIHEBS, Univ Buea)
excellence660@gmail.com
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2. Presentation outline
 Overview of Upper limb Radiography
 Common indications for upper limb
radiography
 Abnormal radiographic findings in Upper
limb radiography
 Radiation Protection and Safety in
radiography
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3. Outcome
 At the end of this presentation, students
would have:
Learned about upper limbs radiography
Be able to recognize abnormal
radiographic findings and correlate with
clinical presentations
Radiation protection
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4. Requirements for this module:
All Students are Urged to review their anatomy and
physiology lectures on:
• the Musculoskeletal System
• And Pathological conditions
associated with these body systems
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5. Remark:
Requirements for this module:
All Students are Urged to review their anatomy and
physiology lectures on:
• the Musculoskeletal System
• And Pathological conditions
associated with these body systems
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7. Gross Anatomy of the upper limbs
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8. Upper limb Bones
 Bones of the hands
 The Wrist Bones
 The Forearm bones
 The Arm
 And the 02 Shoulder Joints
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10. Upper Limb Bones
 The bones of the Upper Limbs constitute
part of the Appendicular Skeleton
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12. Common Indications for Upper Limb Radiography
 To evaluate suspected fractures
 Rule out the cause of joint pains
 Assess bony lesions
 Assess the joints for dislocations
 Assess calcific deposits into the joints
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13. Common Radiographic Views
Anterior Posterior View (AP)
Posterior Anterior View (PA)
Oblique Views
Lateral Views
Special Shoulder Projections
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14. Radiographic Anatomy: HAND
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15. Radiographic Anatomy: Wrist Joint
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16. Wrist Joint Con’t
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17. Wrist joint con’t
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18. Wrist Joint
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21. Forearm
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22. Elbow Joint
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23. Elbow Joint Con’t
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24. Arm and the Shoulder Joint
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25. Arm and the Shoulder
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30. Arm and the Shoulder Joint
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31. The Shoulder Joint
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32. Axial Projection of the Shoulder Joint
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33. Shoulder Joint Con’t
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34. Radiation Protection
 This Should always be Practiced.
Nurses accompanying patients to the
Radiology Department should follow
Radiation safety rules as instructed by
radiographers during Radiographic exams and
should always read labels in radiology
Departments
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35. Radiation Protection Con’t
 All X-ray requests should be justified
 Under no circumstances should the x-ray of a
patient be mistaken for another
 Radiographic exams of the upper limbs
should be specific and limited
 Sensitive parts of the patient’s body should
always be covered with lead aprons during
radiographic exams
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36. References
Nchanji nkeh Keneth(2017). Skeletal
Radiographic Anatomy. Training
Course in Medical Diagnostic
Imaging. St Louis University,
Bamenda. MDI200.
www.slideshare.com
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38. ANY QUESTIONS ?
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