Following a car crash in which her face hit the steering wheel, a 37-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with facial deformity. Facial x-rays showed a transverse fracture through the articulation of the maxillary and nasal bones with the frontal bone. The fracture also passed below the zygomatic bone. What is the diagnosis?
Following a car crash in which her face hit the steering wheel, a 37-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with facial deformity. Facial x-rays showed a transverse fracture through the articulation of the maxillary and nasal bones with the frontal bone. The fracture also passed below the zygomatic bone. What is the diagnosis?
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Following a car crash in which her face hit the steering wheel, a 37-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with facial deformity. Facial x-rays showed a transverse fracture through the articulation of the maxillary and nasal bones with the frontal bone. The fracture also passed below the zygomatic bone. What is the diagnosis?
β Correct Answer: B. LeFort II fracture
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