Author: Abhishek Sharma / Editor: Sarah Edwards / Codes: EC6, EP2, SLO4 / Published: 31/05/2021
A young male presents to the ED with a history of being punched on the face by a friend after drinking at a party. He complains of pain, swelling and deformity of the nose.
When you examine you find: Minimal bleeding from right nostril, deformity, bony crepitus and swelling at root of nose is seen. No septal haematoma on examination.
There is no indication for CT Head or C-spine.
You make the diagnosis of nasal bone fracture clinically.
10 Comments
Very realistic cas, well presented
Perfect.
Very good revision on this topic and my main learning was that glucose rhinorrhea testing is no longer valid.
informative and very good revision
Thank you very much
Short and relevant to the practice
Good MODULE , THANKS
I see these cases regularly in A&E
excellent
Excellent , common scenario in ED
good case