Radiology Offers Clues in Cases of Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Radiology Offers Clues in Cases of Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault

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Image of 21-year-old woman, who presented with a chronic nasal bone fracture and soft tissue swelling of the left lateral face. Review of electronic medical records revealed presentation to an outside hospital 9 months ago with oblique fracture of the right ring finger proximal phalanx, blowout fracture of the medial wall of the left orbit and similar soft tissue swelling of the left face. Traumatic findings separated in time suggest recurrent violence.

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Radiological Society of North America

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