Archives of Orofacial Sciences  2014;9(1):44-46

Incidental finding of co-existing life-threatening pathology during facial trauma assessment

Juanna Bahaduna ; Amal Abou-Hamden ; Peter J. Anderson

Keywords

aneurysm; facial fractures; imaging; paediatric

Country

Malaysia

Language

English

Abstract

Paediatric facial traumas are often accompanied by other intracranial and non-head injuries. Use of Computed Tomography (CT) has increased diagnostic accuracy when compared to plain radiographs alone. Coexisting anomalies can sometimes be a chance finding from the imagings and this highlights the need of a formal reporting by a radiologist. We report a case of a traumatic unilateral condylar fracture with a coexisting life-threatening abnormality detected from careful assessment of the imagings.