Fettpolsterzeichen

Fat pad sign:
Ventral fat pad bowed and dorsal fat pat visible. The fracture of radius head is not visible directly.


Fat pad sign:
Ventral fat pad bowed and dorsal fat pat visible. Non displaced fracture of the radius head.

Pronator
fatpad sign normal in a healthy adult (arrow). The flimsy line is straight or slightly bowed convex to the forearm bones.

Pronator
fatpad sign pathologic in an adult with a non displaced fracture of the distal radius (arrow). The flimsy line is bowed off the forearm bones.

Pronator
fatpad sign pathologic in a child with a fracture of the distal radius (arrow). The flimsy line is bowed off the forearm bones.

Non displaced
fracture of the radius head in MRI. There is joint effusion well seen in the upper image (T2FS).


Fettpolsterzeichen
bei Radiusköpchenfraktur: Vorderes Fettpolster angehoben, hinteres sichtbar. Bestätigung der praktisch unverschobenen Fraktur in der Zielaufnahme.

